Canada 'disappointed' by Trump boosting tariffs to 35%, says Carney

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Canada 'disappointed' by Trump boosting tariffs to 35%, says Carney

CBC News
Mike Crawley
Jul 31, 2025



Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement just past midnight on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to increase a tariff on Canadian goods to 35 per cent.

"While the Canadian government is disappointed by this action, we remain committed to [the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement], which is the world's second-largest free trade agreement by trading volume," the statement read.

"The U.S. application of CUSMA means that the U.S. average tariff rate on Canadian goods remains one of its lowest for all of its trading partners. Other sectors of our economy — including lumber, steel, aluminum and automobiles — are, however, heavily impacted by U.S. duties and tariffs."

He says the Canadian government will act to protect Canadian jobs, invest in industrial competitiveness, buy Canadian and diversify export markets.

Even though the vast bulk of Canada's exports can still cross the border tariff-free, Trump's executive order increases the tariff rate, which had been set at 25 per cent since March, to 35 per cent starting Friday.   

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariffs-canada-deadline-1.7598480

[Hoodat]

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Bottom line: it's clearly not working, I don't see any surge in prosperity from Trump increasing tariffs.

[Wingnut]

Everything I see and hear about these Canadians makes me wanna puke! Canadians suffer from a serious inferiority complex.
It's time we put the "America" back in North America!

[Hoodat]

Maybe we should place a tariff on Canadians crossing into the US for health care.

[mountaineer]

I'm disappointed this idiot Carney is the best Canadians could come up with.

https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1952179763281596545

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Bottom line: it's clearly not working, I don't see any surge in prosperity from Trump increasing tariffs.

You won't in such a short term.

Only those who live for the moment will be disappointed.

Oh, and like deporting illegals, tariffs are also designed to get jobs for unemployed Americans.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

You won't in such a short term.

Only those who live for the moment will be disappointed.

Oh, and like deporting illegals, tariffs are also designed to get jobs for unemployed Americans.

Yes and I see no evidence that it's working.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

This ^

[mountaineer]

I'm disappointed this idiot Carney is the best Canadians could come up with.

Hmm, the photo of Carney hugging a male "pride parade" participant in a thong with buttocks exposed, seems to keep disappearing. 

[jafo2010]

Expecting results in a matter of months after the damage done by the Biden Idiocracy is not a realistic expectation.  This time next year, you will begin to see dramatic improvement.  It will happen.  Be patient.

To refresh your memory, the first few years of the Reagan Administration were not grand by any measure.  Carter had done such a fine job of ruining many things in the USA, that it took time then too.  In the 2nd year of Reagan's 1st term, interest rates were 17%.  Inflation was 20%+ as I recall.  It was not a good time in 1981, 1982. 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Yes and I see no evidence that it's working.

As I said, short term thinkers will always become disappointed with long term actions.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

As I said, short term thinkers will always become disappointed with long term actions.

 

As @roamer_1 has said, all of these actions are short term in nature, without legislative changes. Next Prez after the Donald will roll these back most likely.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

As @roamer_1 has said, all of these actions are short term in nature, without legislative changes. Next Prez after the Donald will roll these back most likely.

And in the meantime, America prospers at the expense of foreign countries., while a picture has been painted on what laws Congress should be passing to keep us strong and healthy as a country.

[LMAO]

Expecting results in a matter of months after the damage done by the Biden Idiocracy is not a realistic expectation.  This time next year, you will begin to see dramatic improvement.  It will happen.  Be patient.

To refresh your memory, the first few years of the Reagan Administration were not grand by any measure.  Carter had done such a fine job of ruining many things in the USA, that it took time then too.  In the 2nd year of Reagan's 1st term, interest rates were 17%.  Inflation was 20%+ as I recall.  It was not a good time in 1981, 1982.

I always get a chuckle out of people who like to compare the first few years of Reagan’s term to what’s going on with Donald Trump in order to give themselves a little flicker of hope

The recession from the late 1970s to the early 1980s was deliberate in an attempt to tighten the money supply. This economy is being driven by Donald Trump and his incompetence.


Ronald Reagan didn’t tell the American people the economy was booming in 1982 and that inflation was conquered despite what voters were seeing. Ronald Reagan did not fire people who gave him bad economic numbers. Ronald Reagan also didn’t claim that he had a 70% job approval rating in 1982

Despite the attempt at cheerleading going on here, Donald Trump’s economic plan just simply is not working. Firing people isn’t gonna change that. It just shows the state of denial he’s in. We are losing manufacturing jobs despite the promise of this manufacturing boom

You make things more expensive for people, they simply spend less whether they’re individuals or businesses


Donald Trump is simply following the Biden model that says deny what you’re seeing and experiencing and just believe what we’re telling you. How did that work out for the Democrats?


And who is going to report honest economic numbers now to Donald Trump after what he just did? That’s why you have  a cabinet that makes wild claims like he saved 250 million Americans from fentanyl deaths

[LMAO]

Bottom line: it's clearly not working, I don't see any surge in prosperity from Trump increasing tariffs.

It isn’t working. And the public sees it isn’t working, despite Donald Trump and his cheerleaders trying to convince people otherwise.

The delusions of Donald Trump is only match by that of his cult

[DefiantMassRINO]

Trump will remain daffy on tariffs because he sees it as "free money" for the US Treasury and as leverage to influence foreign policy.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Trump will remain daffy on tariffs because he sees it as "free money" for the US Treasury and as leverage to influence foreign policy.

U forgot to mention the increase in jobs for Americans.

Not exactly daffy

[LMAO]

U forgot to mention the increase in jobs for Americans.

Not exactly daffy

You seem to be unaware that we’ve been losing manufacturing jobs. Losing. Especially since April. Which means that they’re going away despite the claims from the administration they’re coming back

It’s a great economy if your healthcare worker. But you don’t build an economy on doctors and nurses or social workers

The line of “it takes a while to clean up the Biden mess” was the same line that the Democrats used when Biden was president about he needing to clean up the mess left by Donald Trump and eventually it just doesn’t sell. Especially when you have a president out there claiming the economy is booming when people don’t see it

When government holds onto a bad policy simply because it believes something good might happen down the road, the American people suffer. And when they suffer, they make those same politicians pay.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/06/trump-economy-tariffs-prices-stagflation/85516142007/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

It isn’t working. And the public sees it isn’t working, despite Donald Trump and his cheerleaders trying to convince people otherwise.

The delusions of Donald Trump is only match by that of his cult

The latest thing is that it's a "long term" strategy but... that isn't why we "hired" Trump, we hired him to turn around the Biden years. People need relief now, not long term. The bank isn't going care about you maybe having a job in 5-10 years.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Trump will remain daffy on tariffs because he sees it as "free money" for the US Treasury and as leverage to influence foreign policy.

That is a "benefit" which a lot of people didn't consider, but i had thought that we were about supply side expansion, getting more revenue by growing the economy instead of increasing taxation. Key difference between Trump and Reagan.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

You seem to be unaware that we’ve been losing manufacturing jobs. Losing. Especially since April. Which means that they’re going away despite the claims from the administration they’re coming back

It’s a great economy if your healthcare worker. But you don’t build an economy on doctors and nurses or social workers

The line of “it takes a while to clean up the Biden mess” was the same line that the Democrats used when Biden was president about he needing to clean up the mess left by Donald Trump and eventually it just doesn’t sell. Especially when you have a president out there claiming the economy is booming when people don’t see it

When government holds onto a bad policy simply because it believes something good might happen down the road, the American people suffer. And when they suffer, they make those same politicians pay.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/06/trump-economy-tariffs-prices-stagflation/85516142007/

You really shoudl be reading some other posts on this website such as this one

https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=565990.msg3202938#msg3202938

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

You really shoudl be reading some other posts on this website such as this one

https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=565990.msg3202938#msg3202938

Some people will benefit absolutely, but the vast majority are looking for massive reduction of inflation, will tariffs will not and have not really brought yet.

[MeganC]

Bottom line: it's clearly not working, I don't see any surge in prosperity from Trump increasing tariffs.

Deferred gratification is a sign of maturity.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Deferred gratification is a sign of maturity.

  I guess we'll wait then. I'm sure you'd be this patient if it was Biden telling people to just wait.

Normies won't be waiting, they'll be angry and i won't blame them.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Some people will benefit absolutely, but the vast majority are looking for massive reduction of inflation, will tariffs will not and have not really brought yet.

That is madeup without basis of fact whatsoever.

Are you a CNN affiliate?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Deferred gratification is a sign of maturity.

[MeganC]

I guess we'll wait then. I'm sure you'd be this patient if it was Biden telling people to just wait.

Normies won't be waiting, they'll be angry and i won't blame them.

Economic trends tend to decline fast and rise slowly regardless of who is in charge. That said, Trump led a booming economy in his last term so there's no reason not to expect him to deliver similar economic results today.

[LMAO]

. I'm sure you'd be this patient if it was Biden telling people to just wait.

Lol

I’m discovering there’s ALOT that a few posters are giving a Trump a pass on that they would never give Biden or any Democrat

What do you think the posting tone here would be if Biden was on the Epstein list and has bragged about what a great guy Jeffrey Epstein was?


Or if Joe Biden told companies that they have to eat the higher cost resulting from their economic policies?

[DB]

Lol

I’m discovering there’s ALOT that a few posters are giving a Trump a pass on that they would never give Biden or any Democrat

What do you think the posting tone here would be if Biden was on the Epstein list and has bragged about what a great guy Jeffrey Epstein was?


Or if Joe Biden told companies that they have to eat the higher cost resulting from their economic policies?

Joe Biden did say that about costs...

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

That is madeup without basis of fact whatsoever.

Are you a CNN affiliate?

Tariffs by design raise prices. Pretty simple right?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Economic trends tend to decline fast and rise slowly regardless of who is in charge. That said, Trump led a booming economy in his last term so there's no reason not to expect him to deliver similar economic results today.

Trump was no where near as tariff happy in his first term... stupid me, i thought i was voting for that trump in 2024. Shame on me.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Tariffs by design raise prices. Pretty simple right?

Negative.  You are simple if you believe it is simple.

Tariffs by design are to encourage American made products.  The days of BMW or Volkswagon only having a tariff being only a fifth of what we are charged for American made products in Europe are over.

More jobs, less imports are happening right now. 

Short term, always pains as the domestic manufacturing needs to catch up to replace what was once imported.  But over the long run will greatly increase GDP and lessen dependence on outsiders.

And a lot of tariffs are paid by the foreign manufacturers in order to retain their market here.  Little or no cost increase seen by consumer here.

[Cyber Liberty]

Carney holds the keys to his disappointment.  He could reduce that tariff tomorrow if he does what Trump is asking him.

[Canuck Conservative]

He could reduce that tariff tomorrow if he does what Trump is asking him

Not that simple, and what really ticks off Canadians is that Canada has been a consistently good friend & ally to the US for years, only to get piled-on like this ... thanks for nothing

Trump's "little tariff dispute" is destroying cross-border relationships ... even if all tariffs were removed to tomorrow (by both sides), US liquor will never sell again in Canada like it did just 6 months ago ... Canadians won't be visiting & vacationing in the US like before ... etc. The economic damage is widespread.

Less than half a year, and Trump has changed "USA" from the most-admired nation to a four-letter word up here, maybe for years to come ... that's an achievement?

[LMAO]

This tariff argument is moot anyways because the Democrats next year‘s midterms will tie tariffs to rising prices just like they did in 1890 and again in 1892 and swept the Republicans out of office

And the Republicans we only have themselves to blame

Tariffs are tax. It’s a cost that’s passed on to consumers. Don’t let anybody try to convince you otherwise. If they do, it’s abundantly clear that they have no idea what tariffs are.

We have been losing manufacturing jobs in the last three jobs reports. And those last three jobs reports that have manufacturing declining are  in the months following Trump’s  so-called liberation day in April.

Jobs are declining, but prices are rising.

[Cyber Liberty]

Not that simple, and what really ticks off Canadians is that Canada has been a consistently good friend & ally to the US for years, only to get piled-on like this ... thanks for nothing

Trump's "little tariff dispute" is destroying cross-border relationships ... even if all tariffs were removed to tomorrow (by both sides), US liquor will never sell again in Canada like it did just 6 months ago ... Canadians won't be visiting & vacationing in the US like before ... etc. The economic damage is widespread.

Less than half a year, and Trump has changed "USA" from the most-admired nation to a four-letter word up here, maybe for years to come ... that's an achievement?

Canada charges a tariff in excess of 200% on dairy products.  There is room for improvement in our friendship, and I am confident we'll find it eventually.

[Canuck Conservative]

Canada charges a tariff in excess of 200% on dairy products

Getting a little tired of hearing this ... Navarro obsesses over this false fact too

THE COLD TRUTH - the US has allowable quotas for sales of tariff-free dairy in Canada ... those quotas were negotiated by - wait for it - Pres. Trump and his Team, in the 2018 USMCA trade agreement.

But, here's the part nobody talks about - the 200% only applies to sales that exceed that pre-negotiated quota. How often does that happen? Almost never.

But it makes a great bashing point for obsessives like Navarro

(** BTW, in the future, Canadian quotas for American dairy (or any American product) will be irrelevant ... Trump has already so destroyed the "America" brand in this country, you won't ever have to worry about sales here becoming near to what they were last year ... yes it's that bad ...)

[Cyber Liberty]

Getting a little tired of hearing this ... Navarro obsesses over this false fact too

THE COLD TRUTH - the US has allowable quotas for sales of tariff-free dairy in Canada ... those quotas were negotiated by - wait for it - Pres. Trump and his Team, in the 2018 USMCA trade agreement.

But, here's the part nobody talks about - the 200% only applies to sales that exceed that pre-negotiated quota. How often does that happen? Almost never.

But it makes a great bashing point for obsessives like Navarro

(** BTW, in the future, Canadian quotas for American dairy (or any American product) will be irrelevant ... Trump has already so destroyed the "America" brand in this country, you won't ever have to worry about sales here becoming near to what they were last year ... yes it's that bad ...)

Then you should be pleased because we're so rotten!

[Canuck Conservative]

Then you should be pleased because we're so rotten!

I get the sarcasm, but nobody should be happy about the present situation.

(Legal) border crossings (of consumers) from Canada were down another 35% just last month.

You may not notice it as much in the big cities like Buffalo or Minneapolis, but look at the smaller towns like Bellingham WA ... hard-working border Americans invested in businesses of hotels, campgrounds, amusement parks, boat rentals, etc., only to watch their livelihoods being destroyed this summer ... because Peter Navarro can't move past that 200% number that almost never happens ... is it worth it?

Canada & the US should be cooperating, not fighting ... we're bonded at the hip FFS ...

/rant

[Cyber Liberty]

I get the sarcasm, but nobody should be happy about the present situation.

(Legal) border crossings (of consumers) from Canada were down another 35% just last month.

You may not notice it as much in the big cities like Buffalo or Minneapolis, but look at the smaller towns like Bellingham WA ... hard-working border Americans invested in businesses of hotels, campgrounds, amusement parks, boat rentals, etc., only to watch their livelihoods being destroyed this summer ... because Peter Navarro can't move past that 200% number that almost never happens ... is it worth it?

Canada & the US should be cooperating, not fighting ... we're bonded at the hip FFS ...

/rant

Agree....

[LMAO]

Deferred gratification is a sign of maturity.

So is not blaming others for your failures or claiming everything is rigged when it doesn’t go your way

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Frankly USA and Canada should unite against China... they truly are a bunch of scumbags IMO.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Getting a little tired of hearing this ... Navarro obsesses over this false fact too

THE COLD TRUTH - the US has allowable quotas for sales of tariff-free dairy in Canada ... those quotas were negotiated by - wait for it - Pres. Trump and his Team, in the 2018 USMCA trade agreement.

But, here's the part nobody talks about - the 200% only applies to sales that exceed that pre-negotiated quota. How often does that happen? Almost never.

But it makes a great bashing point for obsessives like Navarro

(** BTW, in the future, Canadian quotas for American dairy (or any American product) will be irrelevant ... Trump has already so destroyed the "America" brand in this country, you won't ever have to worry about sales here becoming near to what they were last year ... yes it's that bad ...)

That is laughable.

The reason it never gets to 200% is because of the tariff. 

You are talking out of both sides of your mouth as you damn well know why sales don't get that high.

[MeganC]

Not that simple, and what really ticks off Canadians is that Canada has been a consistently good friend & ally to the US for years, only to get piled-on like this ... thanks for nothing

The last time Canada was a good friend to the USA was when Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan were good friends. The two nations enjoyed a good relationship because our two leaders happened to be personal friends.

While some few Canadians may like the USA the vast majority either hate us or align more closely with Europeans who hate us.

And they are absolutely entitled to their opinions and we are absolutely entitled not to do business with them.