Canada pushes back and slaps tariffs on U.S. goods from ketchup to pizza
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUL 01, 2018 | 3:10 PM
| OTTAWA
Canada began imposing tariffs Sunday on $12.6 billion in U.S. goods as retaliation for the Trump administration’s new taxes on steel and aluminum imported to the United States.
Some U.S. products, mostly steel and iron, face 25% tariffs, the same penalty the United States slapped on imported steel at the end of May. Other U.S. imports, from ketchup to pizza to dishwasher detergent, will face a 10% tariff at the Canadian border, the same as America’s tax on imported aluminum.
Trump had enraged Canada and other U.S. allies by declaring imported steel and aluminum a threat to America’s national security and therefore a legitimate target for U.S. tariffs. Canada is the United States’ second-biggest trading partner in goods, just behind China.
Speaking Sunday in Leamington, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Canadians for standing united against President Trump’s sanctions. He urged Canadians to “make their choices accordingly” in considering whether to buy American products.
