U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. will charge a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian imports starting Aug. 1.
In an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that was posted on Truth Social, Trump wrote “if for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 35% that we charge.”
Trump, who one day earlier announced the U.S. will place a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports effective Aug. 1, wrote that tariffs were originally imposed on Canada due to the U.S. fentanyl crisis, which the president claimed was partly due to “Canada’s failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our country.”
