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Canada Looking at Further Retaliatory Tariffs on US

April 1, 2019 |Top News

Canada may pursue an increase in its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods as part of an effort to convince President Donald Trump to end the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said in a March 29 report. Mexico too is said to be considering an expansion to its retaliatory tariffs (see 1903140025). Additional tariffs on the U.S. are hoped to push Trump toward lifting the metals tariffs as part of U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade deal, the CBC reported.

Citing a "source with direct knowledge," the CBC said Canada would like to increase the values on goods from the U.S. to match the dollar amounts involved in the tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. The original Canadian retaliation was initially described as matching the U.S. tariffs, but the CBC's report said that isn't really true any more due to exclusions. Canada's retaliatory tariffs have been in effect since July 1, 2018 (see 1807020041).

The current list of goods subject to the retaliatory tariff comprises three parts. Table 1 covers steel products subject to a 25 percent tariff, and includes tariff provisions that fall in the following headings (some subheadings within these headings may not be subject to tariffs):

Table 2 includes aluminum products subject to a 10 percent tariff, and includes tariff provisions that fall in the following headings (some subheadings within these headings may not be subject to tariffs):

Table 3 includes other products upon which Canada is imposing retaliatory tariffs, also at a rate of 10 percent, that fall within the following headings (some subheadings within these headings may not be subject to tariffs):