{"id":173796,"date":"2026-08-19T07:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/173796\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:26:12","slug":"trump-pauses-50-tariffs-on-canadian-goods-for-three-days-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/173796\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump paused the planned rollout of punishing new tariffs on Canadian goods late Tuesday, as both sides indicated they were close to a broader trade agreement after weeks of talks.<\/p>\n

Trump announced the three-day reprieve from 50-percent duties on select goods just hours before a midnight deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The delay was “based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was less definitive, saying “substantial progress has been made” towards a comprehensive trade deal, but “there is important work still to be done.”<\/p>\n

Ottawa and Washington have held intense negotiations on revising their existing deal, the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA), which Trump signed and praised during his first term but now says needs to change.<\/p>\n

The US Trade Representative’s office said on X that the pact between Washington and Ottawa is set to “include comprehensive market access for all American goods, economic security commitments, digital trade alignment” and other provisions.<\/p>\n

A proclamation by Trump to pause the duties added that the suspension came about as “Canada has expressed a\u00a0commitment to remove the discriminations or unreasonable and unequal impositions at issue.”<\/p>\n

Carney said the prospective deal aims to “address outstanding trade issues and deliver greater certainty and real benefits for Canadian businesses, workers, farmers and families.”<\/p>\n

– ‘Discriminatory treatment’ –<\/p>\n

Trump had signed orders for the 50-percent duties last month, with the White House alleging “discriminatory treatment” by Canada against US alcohol, automobile and dairy products.<\/p>\n

The new tariffs would cover products such as wine, hockey sticks and cement.<\/p>\n

They target around 5.5 percent of Canada’s exports to the United States, worth about $20 billion, Oxford Economics estimates.<\/p>\n

While this only poses a “modest” negative risk to Canada’s economy, Oxford Economics said in a recent report that the duties would “affect central Canada’s manufacturing sector much more severely.”<\/p>\n

Canadian negotiators have been in Washington to push for a deal to avoid the new tariffs and also secure relief on Trump’s sector-specific duties — which have battered Canada’s auto, steel, lumber and aluminum industries.<\/p>\n

Ottawa reportedly offered concessions like pressuring provinces to put US alcohol and wine back on their shelves.<\/p>\n

Without going into details, Trump added in his Truth Social post: “The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave!”<\/p>\n

Trump has previously called for the revival of the controversial project opposed by environmental activists, which was blocked under his predecessor Biden.<\/p>\n

– Political concerns –<\/p>\n

“It’s not unusual for a trade negotiation to go right up to the deadline,” former US commerce official Christopher Padilla told AFP.<\/p>\n

He expects that the Trump administration threatened new tariffs to try and win early concessions from Canada as the countries negotiate new terms for the USMCA.<\/p>\n

Oxford Economics anticipates that manufacturers who stand to be most impacted include those in the cement, paper, printing, wood, clothing and electronic equipment sectors.<\/p>\n

With the US Supreme Court striking down many of Trump’s global tariffs earlier this year, the president had tapped an untested legal provision for the new duties targeting Canada.<\/p>\n

The US duties will not apply to Canadian energy, potash or goods already facing sector-specific tariffs, but are set to hit products covered by the USMCA.<\/p>\n

Trump’s trade envoy Jamieson Greer previously said the tariffs aimed to “hold Canada accountable” for its retaliation against the United States.<\/p>\n

Provinces have taken US alcohol products off their shelves, he said, and “given better market access to dairy products from the European Union” among other actions, Greer said in July.<\/p>\n

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