Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on US products take effect
Counter-tariffs have come into force as Donald Trump threatens possible restrictions on Quebec-based Bombardier Aviation aircraft sales in the United States.
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars of US products took effect on Tuesday, intensifying trade tensions between the two North American neighbours.
The measures were reported by France 24 International as the latest escalation in a dispute described by the broadcaster as a trade war. The source did not specify the tariff rates, the products covered or how long the measures would remain in place.
The tariffs took effect as Donald Trump threatened to block sales of Bombardier Aviation aircraft in the United States unless the Quebec-based plane maker moved manufacturing to the US.
The proposed action against Bombardier was described as a threat and has not been reported as an enacted sales ban. The episode places a Canadian manufacturer and its production arrangements at the centre of the broader bilateral dispute.
The developments leave the scope and duration of the tariff measures, along with the status of the threatened Bombardier restrictions, unclear.
