US President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods beginning September 8, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Saturday.

The move escalates a trade conflict after Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian products and last-ditch negotiations collapsed late Friday in Washington.

Carney said the dollar-for-dollar retaliation would target steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics. Details of the specific products will be released in the coming days.

Carney, speaking in Ottawa, also disclosed that Canada had been willing to drop remaining retaliatory tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos if the United States substantially lowered its own, and to encourage provinces to restore US alcohol sales.

But he said Washington's final demands went too far, saying, “They asked too much and offered too little,” Carney said.

Published on August 22, 2026