“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

The ink isn’t even dry on Canada’s new defence industrial strategy, and there are already uneasy rumblings from Washington. The objections are not aimed at Canada — at least not yet — but they could eventually spill across an already strained border.

A week ago, both the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defence quietly fired a shot across the bow of the European Union over its rearmament plans.

The Trump administration warned European allies against defence policies that favour domestic producers — commonly known as the “buy European” clauses in a security directive recently revised by the EU.

For Canadians, the United States Supreme Court ruling on Friday striking down many of President Trump’s tariffs changes very little.

A 35 percent tariff on most Canadian exports to the United States was put in place last year, and that tariff has now been struck down.

It was brought in because Mr. Trump claimed, all evidence to the contrary, that vast quantities of fentanyl and large numbers of migrants were crossing into the United States from Canada.

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to ramp up his use of sector-based duties and others after the Supreme Court ruled against a swath of his existing tariffs on Friday, raising new risks for a Canadian economy that’s struggled mightily with duties that target specific industries.

Sectoral tariffs implemented under Section 232 of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act of 1962 – including those on autos, steel and aluminum – have delivered the harshest blow to Canada, because most other products continue to trade tariff-free under a crucial exemption.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war against American consumers (and Canada and the rest of the world) isn’t over, but it just suffered a major setback. In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law on which the president relied to unilaterally impose high tariffs without seeking congressional approval awards him no such authority. With two of the three justices Trump appointed to the high court joining the decision, it’s a decisive blow against the Trump administration’s neo-mercantilist trade policies and also against the growth of executive power, which has been stretched beyond constitutional bounds by presidents from both major political parties.

What does the U.S. court ruling on Trump’s tariffs mean for Canada?

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to use alternative ways to carry out his economic agenda on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his use of global tariffs, and experts say Canada will likely continue to experience trade uncertainty with its southern neighbour.

Trump used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify imposing sweeping tariffs on several countries, including Canada and Mexico. On Friday, the top U.S. court ruled 6-3 that this emergency powers act does not give the president the power to impose what Trump called “reciprocal” tariffs.

President Trump’s remarks after today’s Supreme Court decision regarding his tariffs.
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— Paul Villarreal (AKA Vince Manfeld) (@AureliusStoic1) February 20, 2026

and this…

LILLEY: Trump’s court loss on tariffs doesn’t mean much for Canada

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld lower-court rulings on President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Powers Act, confirming that Mr. Trump’s usage of such powers to impose tariffs at will is unconstitutional and must end.

Canada’s long nightmare over U.S. tariffs is poised to change. But whether that is for better or worse depends on who within Canada we are talking about – which industry and, by extension, which province.

CBC Live Feed – Canada retains exemptions in Trump’s new order for 10% global tariffs
Backup plan?

After today's Supreme Court decision, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Trump is going to utilize alternative methods that will result in "virtually unchanged" 2026 tariff revenue.
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— Paul Villarreal (AKA Vince Manfeld) (@AureliusStoic1) February 20, 2026

President Trump's remarks after today's Supreme Court decision regarding his tariffs.
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— Paul Villarreal (AKA Vince Manfeld) (@AureliusStoic1) February 20, 2026

The Many Trump Tariffs That Will Remain in Place

h/t Everyone who sent stuff in

OTTAWA — Canadians fear that tariff threats from the United States are only going to get worse, a new poll found.

Forty-six per cent of Canadians believe that U.S. President Donald Trump will raise tariffs on Canada, which is an increase of 19 percentage points since May 2025. Only 20 per cent of Canadians think that tariffs will be rescinded, a decrease of 20 percentage points from last year.

As the renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement looms, game theory suggests Ottawa may have to accept higher American tariffs and make previously unthinkable concessions.

The calculus has fundamentally changed. In previous negotiations, all three countries shared a commitment to the principles of free trade which ensured co-operative outcomes. Now, the United States sees trade through a different lens entirely, one revealed in recent trade deals and policy statements. And while dismissing anything from President Donald Trump’s administration has become fashionable, the logic of their position isn’t entirely without foundation.

Someone with common sense snuck into the Globe and slipped this in.

One of the most unheralded stories of last year was the increase in Canadian exports to the United Kingdom, to the point Britain has become this country’s second-largest export market, overtaking China.

In the first 11 months of 2025, exports to the U.K. hit $42.5 billion, compared to $31 billion to China. That is a nearly 60 per cent increase, in large measure because of a surge in gold shipments (Canada is a producer; Britain a global hub) but there were solid rises in agrifood, clean tech and aircraft.

Europe is pretty much Canada economically, over taxed, over regulated, hollowed out by mass migration, preyed upon by green scamming elites, criminalized by their governments. I do not see the upside.

Several Democratic U.S. Representatives from Michigan have joined forces to launch a bill that would stop President Donald Trump’s threatened roadblock of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.