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Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports starting Aug. 1 in online letter to Mark Carney

The U.S. president says he may consider a tariff adjustment if the prime minister works to stop the flow of fentanyl, which Trump describes as a national crisis caused in part by Canada — despite data suggesting otherwise.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., last month. 


U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to hit Canadian imports with 35 per cent tariffs on Aug. 1, reviving the on-again, off-again trade war between the neighbouring countries. 

“If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added to the 35% that we charge,” Trump wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that was posted Thursday night on his Truth Social site.

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Kristjan Lautens

Kristjan Lautens is a staff reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in ɫɫ. Reach him via email: klautens@thestar.ca

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