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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney and Lisa O'Carroll

US will impose 35% tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letter

Trump and Mark Carney, the Canadian PM, at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on 16 June 2025.
Donald Trump and Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, in June. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has said the US will impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada from the beginning of August, and threatened to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trading partners.

The US president sent a letter to Canada late on Thursday, after an interview in which he warned EU nations to expect a tariff announcement “today or tomorrow”.

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