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Summary
Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that Canada will impose $20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on US goods, matching US tariffs on a dollar-for-dollar basis. These tariffs will affect various products including milk, steel, and plywood, with rates varying up to 50%.
Structure
1Announcement of retaliatory tariffs
2Matching US tariffs dollar-for-dollar
3Effective date of tariffs
4Specific value and scope of tariffs
5Matching American tariff rates
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Posted on 25.08.2026
BREAKING
Canada announces $20bn of retaliatory tariffs on US goods including milk, steel products and plywood
FRANÇOIS-PHILIPPE
CHAMPAGNE
Minister of Finance of Canada
Standing Strong for
workers and busines
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Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has announced $20bn of retaliatory tariffs on US goods including milk, steel products and plywood. #Tariffs #Trade #Canada #USNews #BBCNews
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Transcript
Today I'm announcing that Canada will match the United States of America's tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate, effective September 8th. Canada will impose country tariffs of up to 15, 25 or 50 percent on 27.6 billion dollars in imports from the United States of America. For each product, our tariff will match the American tariff on the same type of product.