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By The Canadian Press

Tariffs affects on both sides of the border

U.S. tariffs take effect, Canada and China respond

Mar 4, 2025 | 9:31 AM

U-S President Donald Trump’s executive order on tariffs began just after midnight, meaning Canada and Mexico are now subject to 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs for imports to the U-S, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy.

Canadians are going to be entering the rest of the week with uncertainty hanging over their heads because Trump’s tariffs.

Canada is responding with tariffs of its own, affecting some 30-billion dollars worth of goods immediately and a remaining 125-billion of American products 21 days later.

Trump says he is adding agricultural products from Canada to his growing list of tariff targets.

Posting on social media, Trump says “the Great Farmers of the United States,” should prepare to “start making a lot of agricultural products to be sold inside of the United States.”

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He says the additional tariffs will go on external products starting on Apr. 2.

China is fighting back alongside Canada — imposing tariffs of up to 15 per cent on imports of key U-S farm products.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry says the tariffs will take effect from Mar. 10, though goods already in transit will be exempt until Apr. 12.

Imports of U-S grown chicken, wheat, corn and cotton will face an extra 15 per cent tariff.

Goldy Hyder, Business Council of Canada CEO and president, says that no one wins in a trade war, and it will hurt workers, farmers and families across North America – especially in the U.S.

Hyder says that any trade issues should have been sorted out through mechanisms that exist in the Trump-negotiated Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.

Because that didn’t happen, Hyder says that any Canadian response should be “strategic” to avoid compounding the harm and higher costs for Canadian families.

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The Canadian Press