Trump slaps 50 percent tariffs on Canadian hockey sticks and wine over trade discrimination.

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The 30 day window is the only mercy but expect prices to climb and more retaliation coming unless Canada folds fast.


U.S. Imposes 50% Tariffs on Some Canadian Goods Over ‘Discriminatory’ Actions.

The Trump administration is hitting back against Canada’s “discriminatory” targeting of American products.

Townhall’s Senior Washington Correspondent Cameron Arcand received statements from senior American officials announcing the 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods to show the wokies up north that they cannot target Americans unfairly without a response. Canadian tariffs on goods like alcohol and cheese sparked a presidential decision. Now Canadian goods like wine and hockey sticks are in the crossfire.

Ever since the start of the second Trump administration, the American and Canadian governments have been trading tariffs. “At the outset of the president’s trade policy, which he implemented early last year, there were only two countries that retaliated against the United States: the People’s Republic of China and Canada,” one official recalled.

The official continued, “Canada has retained substantial retaliation against the United States, as the U.S. imposes trade actions to re-industrialize, re-shore, and support its manufacturing. Specifically, Canada has to be held accountable for this continued discrimination.”

The official went on to give examples of what most recently roused Donald Trump’s ire. “For example, one of the things that has happened is that all the two Canadian provinces and territories have halted the purchase, distribution, or retailing of U.S. alcoholic beverages, but they have not imposed similar restrictions on other countries,” he noted. In other words, this is a deliberate and unjust attempt to punish the Trump administration and American producers.