He President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced a surprising imposition of a 35% tariff to imports from Canada. In addition, the Republican also criticized his main commercial partner for having responded to his measure with reprisals.
Commercial War: Donald Trump again lashes out with tariffs
In recent days, and after a few months of calm, the United States again activated the tariff war by its president. Thus, after threatening Brazil with raising the encumbrances, now the American leader announced a 35% rise to the imports of imports from Canada.
This adds to tariffs already previously applied in specific sectors, such as steel, aluminum or automotive industry. The new tax, announced last Thursday, surprised everyone since it is among the highest in the last round of measures announced by Washington during the last week. It should be noted that Canada is located as the main commercial partner of the United States.
After confirmation of the measure, Trump criticized the Canadian president for reacting with reprisals to the United States: “Instead of collaborating with the United States, Canada responded with its own taxes. As of August 1, 2025, we will apply a 35% tariff to Canadian products that enter our country”Trump said in a signed letter he published on his social truth platform.
Looking ahead, the American president stressed that “Tariffs can change, up to the loss” depending on the answer that Canada has.
For his part, Carney published a message on the social network X – Property of the South African magnate, Elon Musk, in which he replied: “Throughout the current commercial negotiations with the United States, The Canadian government has firmly defended our workers and companies. We will continue to do so while we move towards the revised deadline of August 1 “.
Canada – together with Mexico – were two of the main objectives of the Tariff war Trump unleashed when he returned to the White House, on January 20, for his second term. Beyond the commercial balance, republican management also accuses the bordering countries of no sufficiently combating illegal migration and fentanyl traffica powerful opioid responsible for a serious health crisis that affects the United States.
The threat to the European Union
In addition to tensions with Canada, Trump also pointed against the European Union and said he will send a similar letter – in reference to tariffs – in the next few days and warned that The countries that still did not receive a letter will be taxed between 15% and 20%.
The threat is surprise – although not unexpected – since the It aspired to achieve a global commercial agreement that included reciprocal zero tariffs for industrial productsafter overcoming past tensions with the United States. However, negotiations advanced little in recent months and from Brussels begin to assume that the best end, for the moment, is to achieve a provisional agreement and maintain the expectation of improving the terms in the future.
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The position of the European bloc is not simple, since it must represent dissimilar interests: while Germany, the main economic power of the EU, claims a quick agreement, other countries – such as Emmanuel Macron France – propose a firm position that does not accept the conditions sent from Washington.
Source: Ambito
