CANADA SLAMS THE TARIFF DOOR SHUT.
Counter-duties of 15, 25 and 50 percent on about US$20bn of American goods take effect today.
Desk file · 8 SEP 2026 · 04:01 GMT
At 00:01 on 8 September 2026, Ottawa’s counter-duties came into force. Canada is matching Washington dollar-for-dollar on C$27.6 billion — about US$20 billion — of American goods. The rates are 15, 25 and 50 percent, copied from the U.S. list.
Steel, dairy, appliances, farm kit, paper and electronics sit on the target sheet. About 700 product lines. Furniture, clothing and some beauty goods take the top 50 percent band. Goods already in transit when the clock hit are carved out.
Canada will match the new U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate.
This is the answer to U.S. 50 percent tariffs that hit Canadian goods on 22 August 2026 after talks collapsed. Ottawa calls it a focused, rate-for-rate reply, not a new war. The border will feel it anyway.
A C$7.5 billion support package for Canadian workers and firms was already announced. Existing Canadian counter-tariffs, including on autos, remain in place. Talks are not the story today. The duties are.
Finance Canada published the product list in August. 12:01 a.m. on 8 September was the locked time. The door is shut. Importers now do the arithmetic.
Filed from wires: Government of Canada / Department of Finance, Reuters, 8 September 2026. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent counts.
