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The United States escalated its trade war with Canada on Tuesday, banning imports of select alcohol, dairy-related and motor-vehicle goods while extending a 50% retaliatory tariff to a wider range of imports, including specialty cheeses, boats and furniture.
U.S. President Donald Trump enacted the measures through five proclamations issued the same day Canada began charging tariffs of up to 50% on a range of U.S. goods, matching rates the Trump administration has imposed.
The import bans, starting Sept. 29, include motorcycles, mopeds and cycles fitted with internal-combustion piston engines of a cylinder capacity over 800 cubic centimeters. The bans also apply to beer, wines, cider and other fermented drinks, high-proof beverage alcohol and many major spirits categories, along with whey products, molasses and non-alcoholic beer. The covered goods will continue to face a 50% Section 338 tariff until the import bans take effect.
The products slated for import bans totaled less than $1 billion in trade value, Deborah Elms, trade and economic policy expert at the Hinrich Foundation, said in a LinkedIn post.
