Ian Lee, as Canada’s counter-tariffs hit: this isn’t a mood. It’s jobs.~45,000 Canadian firms export to the U.S.; 30,000 export only there. $400B in sales, ~2 million jobs. “We are literally playing with fire.” Sales collapse → “You lay off workers.” Ottawa can’t put them all on… pic.twitter.com/DumNBfXbYZ

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) September 8, 2026

We officially got caught relabeling (to Made in Canada) & selling inferior Chinese steel into the US using NAFTA/USMCA. The Obama admin caught us years earlier but were more polite than the Trump admin.

Now we been caught doing the same thing with Chinese lumber?

Can’t… https://t.co/obBjdESeNu

— Lee Humphrey (@tleehumphrey) August 31, 2026

💥 International trade lawyer Mark Warner @MAAWLAW with truth bombs on the USMCA negotiations.
1⃣ The 🇺🇸 doesn't believe 🇨🇦 has any leverage.
2⃣ Tariffs raising costs for 🇺🇸 makes no impact on the negotiations. There's no effective manner to retaliate.
3⃣ 🇨🇦 has one hand tied… pic.twitter.com/bBLO8fL4EI

— RMC86 (@RMC19861987) August 18, 2026

Related: Canadian media knows and now running cover.

Jamieson Greer “But we have a tariff which is, again, is a natural consequence of the Canadian retaliation, which has endured for a long time.” @jamiesongreer pic.twitter.com/fp60zxuXRH

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) July 21, 2026

“I expect that ask to be coming.” – Scott Moe is asked by David Cochrane “Does that comment you just made mean that the federal government has asked some premiers to remove their booze bans

Related: What’s most interesting are the things he has exempted: potash, energy, critical minerals.

Indeed.

Global News;

The U.S. said Monday it will be imposing an additional 50 per cent tariff on Canadian imports due to retaliatory and “discriminatory” measures Canada took in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Trump signed three executive orders, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts, and quotas on American dairy imports under Canada’s supply management system.

The new tariff will take effect in 30 days and will apply to goods covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade (CUSMA), a senior administration official told reporters on background.

“Over the past year and a half, only two countries have chosen to retaliate against President Trump’s tariffs rather than negotiate a deal with the United States: the People’s Republic of China and Canada,” the White House said in a statement on the new tariff.

Via @FoodProfessor;

Canada exports approximately $1.4 billion worth of alcoholic beverages to U.S. annually. U.S. receives roughly 90% of Canada’s total alcohol exports, with spirits.

Canada exports about $360 million worth of dairy products to the U.S. annually.

Could be related.

Juno News (Video): The Gordie Howe International Bridge opening has been delayed indefinitely.

It is the latest setback in Canada’s bumpy relationship with the United States. The Gordihow International Bridge opening has been delayed indefinitely as the two countries resolve some outstanding issues. Well, at the at the request of the United States, we agreed to uh uh to delay the opening and um take the necessary time uh to resolve outstanding issues. A few issues uh that have been raised and uh this is a collaborative approach. As I said yesterday, there’s there’s not great drama here. We’re going to work through uh some some issues that uh have come up. Um and you know for a bridge Um that is going to be in place and serve Canadians, Americans um others uh for uh decades uh question of a few weeks is time well spent.

Reuters;

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has captured global attention by championing the idea of an alliance of mid-level economic powers that would operate beyond President Donald Trump’s increasingly protectionist United States.

Yet Carney’s push to lessen dependence on the U.S. is colliding with a stubborn reality: access to American markets remains a crucial part of Canada’s appeal to prospective trading partners, according to interviews with a dozen government officials and business leaders.

Since winning election in April 2025, Carney’s team has led four trade missions, including two to Asia, seeking foreign investment in mining, engineering and infrastructure projects. A fifth, the largest so far, is headed ​to Japan later this month.

But Canadian officials acknowledge that the main draw for many potential trading partners is the prospect of gaining tariff-free access to the world’s largest market through Canada’s participation in ‌the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade ‌agreement.

Carney regularly touts Canada’s preferential access to the U.S. market, noting that more than 85% of bilateral trade remains tariff-free.

“That (USMCA deal) has been kind ​of a baseline of our investment attraction message,” said a top Canadian government official who requested anonymity to speak frankly.

ICYMI: “I’m not looking to renew it (USMCA).”