Canada hits US goods with tariffs of up to 50% as trade dispute escalates

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Canada hits US goods with tariffs of up to 50% as trade dispute escalates  Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of US products took effect on Tuesday, escalating an 18-month trade dispute between the two North American neighbours.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/08/canada-hits-us-goods-with-tariffs-of-up-to-50-as-trade-dispute-escalates  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:02Canada's counter-tariffs of up to 50% on various U.S. goods took effect on Tuesday in response to

00:09U.S. tariffs on Canadian products after failed trade talks last month.

00:14Canada's duties cover around 17 billion euros worth of U.S. goods. The duties of 15, 25 and 50%

00:23apply to hundreds of products, including steel, aluminium, furniture, clothing, cosmetics and dairy goods such as cheese.

00:32Ottawa said the measures match the latest U.S. tariffs, dollar for dollar and rate for rate.

00:39The tariffs come after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 50% duties on the same value of Canadian products

00:47from August the 22nd, citing what Washington described as discriminatory treatment.

00:53The dispute has increasingly extended beyond trade policy. Trump signed an order in August directing the U.S. government to

01:01refer to Lake Ontario, which lies on the border between the two countries, as Lake America.

01:09e.S. President Donald Trump

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