Canada’s retaliatory tariffs are hitting these US products
Cheese, aluminum foil, smartphones and toilet paper among impacted products
NEW YORK —
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Sept. 8. More than 600 U.S. imports were listed on Canada’s Department of Finance website; among them are cheese, aluminum foil, smartphones and toilet paper.
About $27.6 billion in imports from the U.S. will face levies as high as 50%, according to Canada’s Department of Finance, impacting American businesses that export goods to Canada.
The Get the Facts Data Team analyzed U.S. International Trade Commission data on U.S. imports to Canada in 2025 and narrowed it down to select food and household items that will be facing 25 to 50% tariffs from Canada and the value imported last year.
Canada is America’s second-largest trading partner. In 2025, more than $333.6 billion worth of goods were imported into Canada from the U.S., according to trade data.
The retaliatory tariffs come as the Trump administration threatened to impose 50% tariffs on similar Canadian goods after trade talks between the two countries broke down.
Around 440 imported products from Canada have been identified by the White House on its list of Canadian goods with 50% tariffs, including smartphones and video game consoles, vacuum cleaners, plastic kitchenware and sports equipment like ice skates, fishing rods and golf equipment.