Trump’s tariff threats keep changing. We’re tracking what’s active, what’s coming and how Canada has responded

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war with Canada is escalating with new measures from the U.S. and retaliatory responses from Canada. 

Here’s a look at what tariffs are currently in place, what is being threatened, and how Canada has retaliated so far: 

Active U.S. tariffs

• A 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel, aluminum, and many “derivative” products made with those metals. 

• A 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian products that don’t comply with the 2018 Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and a 10 per cent tariff on non-compliant energy and potash. Experts say about 50 to 60 per cent of Canada’s exports to the U.S. comply with the trade deal’s rules. Trump has tied these so-called border tariffs to claims of a national emergency over fentanyl and migrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Canada.

• A 25 per cent tariff on all cars and light trucks not made in the U.S., which took effect April 3. 

Retaliatory Canadian tariffs

• 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion worth of American imports, implemented March 4 in response to Trump’s border tariffs. 

• 25 per cent tariffs on $29.8 billion worth of steel and aluminum products from the U.S., implemented March 13 in response to Trump’s tariffs on the same goods from Canada. 

• A 25 per cent tariff on fully assembled vehicles that don’t comply with CUSMA since they are made with less than 75 per cent North American content. This counter-tariff took effect April 9. Components of compliant cars that aren’t made in Canada or Mexico are subject to the 25 per cent tariff. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said April 3 this is the “mirror” of Trump’s auto tariffs on Canada, but it does not apply to auto parts that cross back and forth across the border. The tariff targets about $35 billion worth of American vehicles brought into Canada. 

• Canada’s counter-tariffs would be paid by Canadian importers of American goods. The duties levied to date could raise up to $24 billion in revenue before remissions for the Canadian treasury.

Threatened U.S. tariffs 

• Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs: on April 2, Trump imposed a sweeping 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports into the U.S., with duties going up to 50 per cent on dozens of countries or territories that the Trump administration argues use trade barriers unfairly against America. Though Trump spared Canada from a new baseline tariff, his executive order says that if the so-called border tariff is dropped, Canadian imports that don’t comply with CUSMA would be slapped with a 12 per cent “reciprocal” tariff. 

• An unspecified tariff on copper, dependent on a review due before Nov. 25.

• Additional unspecified tariffs on lumber, dependent on a national security review due before Dec. 1. The U.S. Commerce Department has recommended lumber tariffs against Canadian spruce, pine and fir be raised from more than 14 per cent to more than 34 per cent.

• Trump demands a “fairer economic deal” be negotiated ahead of the scheduled July 2026 review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade deal. Trump’s executive order sets out his America First trade policy, and hints he will consider withdrawal from the deal. He has asked for recommendations about America’s “participation in the agreement,” and tied his view of what’s “fair” or “unfair” to criticisms of Canada on a range of topics, including what he says is Canada’s failure to spend on its military protection, to meet its NATO defence spending target of two per cent of GDP, to its value-added 5 per cent federal sales tax, dairy tariffs, and 3 per cent digital services tax.

• Carney said April 2 that the U.S. has “signalled” it is preparing more tariffs that will hit Canada on “so-called strategic sectors” like pharmaceuticals, lumber and semiconductors.