Trump announces 35% tariff on Canada
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President Trump is pushing through with his tariff agenda, unveiling a new batch of letters to country leaders outlining tariffs on goods imported from their countries beginning in August and a warning to BRICS nations.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro encouraged Canada to continue negotiating with the US to lower trade barriers after President Donald Trump announced a 35% tariff on the North American neighbor.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will increase its tariff rate on Canadian goods to 35% starting next month. An outline of a trade deal with the European Union is close to being finished, a spokesman for the bloc said Friday,
Canada faces another set of tariffs in its ongoing trade talks with the U.S. However, in this latest round of tariff announcements, investors have learned to largely tune them out as negotiating bluster rather than policy commitments.
US stocks mostly fell on Friday after President Trump threatened Canada with a 35% tariff on its imports to the US and floated higher blanket levies on most trading partners. The
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On Thursday, the president announced a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to take effect on August 1, unless a trade deal is reached before then.
Although markets are trying to shrug off the week's U.S. tariff threats as yet another negotiation tactic, there's growing unease at the daily barrage, the latest being a 35% tariff on Canadian goods and higher levies on other countries.
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