Trump pronounces 35% tariffs to Canada from August 1st, warns of upper taxes when Ottawa returns

US President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney Talk during a family photo on the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025.

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US President Donald Trump announced a 35% tariff for Canadian imports on Thursday from August 1st and quoted that Ottawa rejected with tariffs against Washington.

“Instead of working with the United States, Canada has retreated with his own tariffs,” said Trump to Mark Carney, Canada Prime Minister of Canada, in a letter about the social truth.

He attributed Fentanyl as the reason for the rate in the letter and said: “If Canada works with me to stop the fentanyl flow, we may be considering adapting to this letter.”

The 35% tariffs will be separated from all sectoral tariffs, Trump said, and threatened that the obligation could be increased if Canada continued to reciprocate.

“If you decide for some reason to increase your tariffs, the number you increase it will become the 35%that we calculate,” said Trump in the post.

“Well, to avoid this higher tariff, this higher tariff is exposed to,” says the letter.

Trump also added that the tariffs could continue to be collected or slashed, depending on how Washington's relationship with Ottawa ends, and mentioned that his country made challenges from Canada that go beyond fentanyl.

“[Canada] Has many tariffs and non-tariff, guidelines and trade barriers that do not cause sustainable trade deficits against the United States … The trade deficit is a great threat to our economy and in fact our national security! “

The Canadian imports are currently exposed to a tariff of 25%, which Trump imposed on the alleged role of the country in the fentany flow at the beginning of this year, with exceptions for those who are complied with with the agreement between the USA and Mexico Canada. Energy resources from Canada are subject to a lower 10% tax.

The letter on Thursday, after the two countries had agreed to resume the trade talks on June 29 and, according to a statement by the Ministry of Finance, Kanada until July 21.

Trump had threatened to end all business with Canada, one of his largest trading partners, after Ottawa announced not to increase the increase in digital service tax to American companies. Canada later withdrew the tax of digital services to restart the trade talks with Washington.