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The United States’ ban on select Canadian imports took effect just after midnight Tuesday, the the latest step in a feud that has already led to crushing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars’ worth of goods. <\/p>\n
The bans, published by the White House, apply to a range of products including Canadian alcoholic drinks, molasses, motorcycles and dairy byproducts.<\/p>\n
The restrictions will deliver another blow to businesses already struggling in those sectors after months of tariffs and uncertainty, but don’t encompass enough products to disrupt the national economy. One international trade lawyer said the strategy is designed instead to test Canada’s resolve after 18 months of acrimony.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a way to try to mess with Canada,” said Barry Appleton, co-director\u00a0of the Centre for International Law at the New York Law School. <\/p>\n
“Bans are really hard to get off. You can negotiate down a tariff \u2014 it’s a number \u2014 but a ban is usually here to stay. And so what Washington’s telling us here in Canada is: ‘New ball game, new mayor, watch out.'”<\/p>\n
The list of Canadian goods banned under five White House proclamations are as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beer.Wine.Cider.Whiskies.Rum.Gin.Vodka.Brandy.Tequila.Motorcycles.Molasses.Whey and whey products.Non-alcoholic beer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
One analysis from Derek Holt, vice-president and head of capital markets economics at Scotiabank, found the bans on alcohol, dairy and motorcycles will be negligible because Canada sends very little dairy<\/a> and few motorcycles south of the border. Alcohol exports are higher than the other categories, with around $1.2 billion worth sent to the U.S. last year.<\/p>\n “These actions are face-saving by the U.S. administration, not substantive in nature and that\u2019s a positive,” Holt said in a note to investors on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n The U.S. expanded its trade war with Canada earlier this month, announcing the bans alongside adjustments to the existing tariff regime<\/a>. Various cheese products were added to a list of products subject to a 50 per cent tariff, but not banned outright. Some paper, aluminum, wood, furniture, lighting and other products were also added to the list.<\/p>\n A senior official with the Trump administration said the restrictions are designed to discourage other countries weighing whether to follow Canada’s example in retaliating against the Trump administration’s tariff-heavy economic policy.<\/p>\n WATCH | Minister ‘not waiting by the phone’: Canada not ‘desperate’ to get a U.S. trade deal ‘at any cost,’ says minister<\/p>\n Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says comments from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that the Trump administration is not in a rush to make a deal with Canada are ‘consistent with the conversations’ he’s had with his U.S. counterpart. LeBlanc says the government will keep working to reach an agreement, but ‘we’re not waiting by the phone.’Trump suggests Canada will back down<\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he thinks a trade deal with Canada is still possible because “they’re going to come to us and they’re going to say, ‘We need to get rid of all the tariffs.'”<\/p>\n “We’re going to win everything,” he told reporters in the Oval Office, suggesting it’s Canada that has treated the U.S. unfairly. <\/p>\n “They’re going to come in and they’re going to say, ‘Sir, we are sorry,'” Trump said. <\/p>\n “I think a deal will be made, but it’s going to be a fair deal.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790663293_898_default.jpg\")
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