Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods: Starting today, clothing, cheese, metal, paper products, and wood imports from the United States—totaling roughly $20 billion—will be subject to tariffs in Canada. The new tariffs will also "double the rate of existing tariffs that Canadian businesses pay on imported American steel and aluminum products and affect about 700 products, including aluminum foil, railway locomotives and steel bridges," reports The New York Times.
These tariffs were enacted by the Canadian government in response to tariffs placed on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump. "Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that they can own us," Prime Minister Mark Carney said just weeks ago. "And I promised: 'That will never, ever happen.' We are keeping that promise." When asked by a reporter why his tone seemed so combative, Carney responded: "We were attacked. You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."
