Canada to hit the U.S. with tariffs on $29.8B worth of goods after Trump slaps levy on metals: source

John Paul Tasker · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 9:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

The national authorities is expected to denote aboriginal this hr a program to slap tariffs connected $29.8 cardinal worthy of American goods to deed backmost against U.S. President Donald Trump aft helium imposed punishing tariffs connected Canadian alloy and aluminum aboriginal this morning, a elder authorities authoritative told CBC News.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne volition item Canada's effect to Trump's tariffs astatine 9:45 a.m. ET.

Trump's metals tariffs, which took effect conscionable aft midnight, are abstracted from the different tariffs Trump levied connected Canada past week — and later partially dialled back — to supposedly unit the state to bash much astatine the borderline connected drugs and migrants.

Canada instantly levied tariffs connected $30 cardinal worthy of American goods successful effect to those initial tariffs — and didn't instrumentality them disconnected adjacent aft Trump rejigged his tariff regime.