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On 8 September 2026 US President Donald Trump signed five executive orders banning most Canadian alcohol, whey and other dairy products, molasses, non-alcoholic beer and larger motorcycles, effective 29 September 2026.
A further 50% tariff was imposed on Canadian steel beams and girders, aluminium bars and tubes, mattresses, motorboats and golf carts from 15 September 2026.
The General Services Administration was told to strip Canadian-origin products from its Multiple Award Schedules for federal procurement.
The moves answer Canada's retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion of US goods; Canadian PM Mark Carney said Canada must cut its reliance on the US.
USMCA enters into force, replacing NAFTA (1994)
US-Canada trade talks collapse
US imposes 50% tariffs on about US$20 billion of Canadian goods
Canada's retaliatory tariffs (15-50%) on about US$20 billion of US goods take effect; the same day the US announces import bans, new tariffs and the procurement exclusion
Additional 50% US tariffs take effect
US import bans on Canadian alcohol, dairy, molasses and motorcycles take effect
The trilateral free trade agreement that replaced NAFTA (1994); most Canada-US trade normally moves duty-free under it, which the bans and tariffs now bypass
US federal agency that manages government procurement and property; created in 1949; runs the Multiple Award Schedules contracting programme
Government-run retail monopolies that control alcohol sales in several provinces; their removal of US brands triggered the alcohol ban
GS Paper II > International Relations > Effect of policies of developed countries; GS Paper III > Economy > International trade
General Awareness > International economy
A duty one country imposes in response to tariffs levied on its own exports
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the North American free trade pact in force since 1 July 2020
GSA's long-term government-wide contracts under which US federal agencies buy goods and services