President Trump responded to new tariffs on U.S. exports Tuesday by announcing bans on U.S. imports of Canadian motorcycles, dairy products and alcohol, and directed officials to restrict Canadian access to U.S. procurement programs. From Sept. 29, these Canadian exports will no longer be permitted to enter the U.S. market, according to a trio of proclamations published Tuesday night. …Trump spent the weekend lashing out at Ottawa over its decision to match U.S. tariff hikes dollar-for-dollar. Those duties on some $20 billion in U.S. exports went into effect Tuesday morning. …The president deployed the same legal statute he used to hike tariffs on Canadian exports last month. …In addition to banning certain Canadian exports, the president also tweaked the scope ofthe existing 50% tariffs that went into effect last month, adding cheeses, boats, metal products, and leather products beginning Sept. 15, and excluding road salt, cement, certain hospital products, fishing rods and other products.
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