Timeline of the 2025–2026 United States trade war with Canada
dynamic timeline of 2025 United States trade war with Canada
On February 1, 2025, United States president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods, including a 25% tariff on most imports and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products. Canada responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. goods, escalating to $155 billion after three weeks. These measures marked a significant escalation in trade tensions, disrupting longstanding cross-border economic cooperation and prompting both countries to implement additional countermeasures and support programs for affected industries.
The conflict quickly expanded to include tariffs on steel, aluminum, automobiles, and a range of consumer goods, with both federal and provincial governments in Canada taking steps to mitigate the impact on businesses and workers. The trade war has led to market volatility, strained diplomatic relations, and forced companies on both sides of the border to adapt to new supply chain realities, while ongoing negotiations and temporary exemptions have provided only limited relief amid continued uncertainty.
In early 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down several of Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump prompting Trump to announce a new temporary 10% global tariff that largely exempts CUSMA-compliant Canadian and Mexican goods but leaves sector-specific and other trade measures in place.
2024
February 21, 2024 The bilateral trade relationship between the United States and Canada is one of the world's largest—Canada buys "more from American businesses than the UK, France, China and Japan combined". In 2023, a total of US$923 billion goods and services was traded.
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