Canada Names Sectors for Retaliatory Tariffs, Sets September 8 Start Date
- ▸Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada's "dollar for dollar" retaliation against new US tariffs will target steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics, taking effect September 8.
- ▸The announcement follows the August 22 start of a 50% US tariff on Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motor vehicles, imposed after last-minute trade talks collapsed on the night of August 21.
- ▸Carney also disputed the US rationale for the dispute, arguing that Canada-US trade taken as a whole — including services — shows a persistent American surplus, not the deficit Washington has cited.
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In the same August 22 address, Carney named India specifically as part of Canada's push to diversify away from US trade dependence, saying Canada plans to double its preferential trade access — including through new deals "from ASEAN to India" — over the next six months. For India, that signals Ottawa may look to move faster on its long-discussed trade talks with New Delhi as the Canada-US relationship cools, though Carney gave no timeline or terms specific to an India agreement.
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