03/11/2025

Trump Orders an Increase in Tariffs on Canadian Steel, Aluminum to 50 Percent

The move is in response to Canada defending its exports

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he had ordered a doubling of the tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum in response to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s imposition of a new tax on electricity supplied to three U.S. states, which are Minnesota, Michigan and New York.

Ford’s action was itself a response to Trump’s earlier announcement of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, which is scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

“Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th,” the president posted on his social media site, Truth Social.*

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^{* OSAP elected not to correct grammatical and/or punctuation errors in the quote from Trump.}