Trump takes on Canada again with sweeping new tariffs on goods including autos

John Paul Tasker · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 4:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his long-awaited program to impose what he's calling "retaliatory" tariffs connected imports coming from dozens of countries, including a punishing 25 per cent levy connected Canadian-made automobiles arsenic of midnight Wednesday.

Trump signalled retired Canada for disapproval when announcing the latest tariff regime, repeating his oft-cited falsehood that the U.S. someway "subsidizes" this state by $200 cardinal a year.

The U.S. commercialized shortage with Canada — which is mostly driven by inexpensive lipid imports — is much smaller than that.

It's Trump's latest broadside against Canada, its one-time state and free-trading partner.

In the astir 10 weeks he's been president, Trump has been connected a rampage against Canada, levying tariffs to supposedly spur enactment connected drugs and migrants astatine the border, imposing steep tariffs connected Canadian alloy and aluminum, spreading misinformation astir the dairy sector, threatening the country's sovereignty with near-daily "51st state" taunts and repeatedly saying the Americans request thing from Canada contempt commercialized information that shows that's patently false.

Those persistent attacks and insults person damaged bilateral relations. Some Canadians are boycotting American goods, pulling question plans to the U.S. en masse and booing the American nationalist anthem astatine sporting events, actions that were thought unthinkable lone a fewer months ago.

How to grip Trump, his tariffs and the takeover threats person besides go the cardinal contented of the upcoming national predetermination campaign.