Trump Plans to Impose New Illegal Tariffs on Canada
Tariffs Trump Imposes New Illegal Tariffs on Canada The 50% tariffs on many Canadian imports are based on the long-defunct Section 338 of the notorious Smoot-Hawley tariff act. The new tariffs — laid out in a series of proclamations signed by Mr. Trump on Monday — are set to take effect on Aug.
- ▪Tariffs Trump Imposes New Illegal Tariffs on Canada The 50% tariffs on many Canadian imports are based on the long-defunct Section 338 of the notorious Smoot-Hawley tariff act.
- ▪The new tariffs — laid out in a series of proclamations signed by Mr.
- ▪Trump on Monday — are set to take effect on Aug.
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Tariffs Trump Imposes New Illegal Tariffs on Canada The 50% tariffs on many Canadian imports are based on the long-defunct Section 338 of the notorious Smoot-Hawley tariff act. Ilya Somin | 7.20.2026 9:03 PM <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8024175" src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2019/09/Tariffs-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" data-credit="NA" srcset="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2019/09/Tariffs-300x199.jpg 300w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2019/09/Tariffs-768x511.jpg 768w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2019/09/Tariffs-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2019/09/Tariffs.jpg 1161w"…
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