Posted on 03/07/2025 2:46:31 PM PST by SoConPubbie
President Donald Trump threatened to slap a new 250% reciprocal tariff on Canadian lumber and dairy products, perhaps as soon as Friday, one day after pausing a 25% tariff on other Canadian goods.
Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, citing Canada’s 250% tariffs on U.S. dairy exports to the north.
“Canada has been ripping us off for years on lumber and on dairy products,” Trump told reporters. “They will be met with the exact same tariff unless they drop it. That’s what reciprocal means.”
“We may do it as early as today, or we’ll wait until Monday or Tuesday. We’re going to charge the same thing. It’s not fair. It never has been fair, and they’ve treated our farmers badly,” he added.
Canada imposes a 241% tariff on American milk exports, CNN reported.
Trump earlier this week paused 25% reciprocal tariffs on Canada and Mexico until April 2.
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A good strategy. media can’t spin or avoid real numbers. a 241% duty on US dairy products is insane
That 25% electric tariff Ontario is doing is nothing compared to what the lumber and dairy tariff will do to Canada.
But their cheese tariff is closer to 300%.
Since America is now at war with Canadah, the Feral Canadian “judge”, Amir Ali, needs to recuse his keister from telling the Trump administration to which thieves we have to send billions of “USAID” designated dollars to. The Canuck nut needs to go. Why do people need “dual citizenship”? Shouldn’t they have to tell us what they are running from in their home country?
Maybe Klaus Slob can give these Canadians some reassurances ... Cause they are suppose to “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy”...
Sit back and watch the TIT FOR TAT to make the Little people suffer
Went on a trip to Canada about 2010 to the Lake of The Woods, Ontario area. Milk was $6 a gallon while it was $2 a gallon in Indiana. Everything else was triple the price verses US prices. We were told it was to pay for their “free health care”. Apparently, us Americans are paying for their free health care also.
“Sit back and watch the TIT FOR TAT to make the Little people suffer”
So, what is your solution?
I thought reciprocal tariffs will go on April 2nd.
Trade (imports) from Canada is 1.4% of GDP. This can’t have huge impact on our economy because of the small size.
Go back to Bush era turn the cheek free trade. Lol.
We can all realize these wars-of-trade are low profile until they become high profile. To do that you need a bull-in-the-china shop to get everyone’s attention. This bull doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks and is willing take the arrows.
Any idea why the black men respect him? Just might be that he’s one of them, only smarter.
“Sounds like either Canada bends the knee and decreases their unfair tariffs or President Trump is going to break them!”
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Canada has lots of other markets to sell their products, just as the US does. Canada is also about to shut down all agricultural imports from the US, which will effectively screw all those Midwest farmers who’ve been selling their grain to them. It’s also going to screw companies like Jack Daniels in Kentucky, and many others relying of forest products and mineral resources from Canada.
I thought the tariffs against the United States only kicked in when they reached a certain point.
“Sit back and watch the TIT FOR TAT to make the Little people suffer”
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Exactly.
Cowardly attitude. America is just to dependent, we must allow Canada to mistreat us. Buck up or embarrass the lineage you brag about in your bio.
Trump is doing this early in his term because once he breaks their back and they make concessions, the US economy will roar back well before midterms. He should get an improvement in trade conditions from the current situation
They buy so little no one will even notice.
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