Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations. …Paper products are among the hardest-hit sectors, with Canada threatening to put tariffs of between 25% and 50% on “toilet paper or face tissue stock” in retaliation for a 50% hike from Washington. Though American toilet paper and tissues are made domestically, they heavily rely on lumber-rich Canada for raw materials. Procter & Gamble, the owner of Charmin toilet paper, said last year that it would have to increase prices amid tariffs that were in place at the time. The US imported $328m worth of toilet paper from Canada in 2024. …The US accounts for more than 20% of global tissue consumption despite having only 4% of the world’s population. And it’s not just paper products that could rise.
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