Trump Writes to Canada's Carney: Tariff on Canada Rises to 35% From August 1
On the evening of July 10, 2025, President Donald Trump released a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing that the tariff on Canadian imports would rise from the current 25% to 35% effective August 1, and that if Canada retaliated by raising its own tariffs, the United States would add that amount on top of the 35%. Canada is one of America's largest trading partners, and the two countries were then negotiating a new economic and security agreement with a July 21 deadline.
The letter attributed the increase in part to the flow of fentanyl from Canada and to Canada's tariff and non-tariff barriers hurting U.S. dairy farmers and others, citing Canadian tariffs of as much as 400% on U.S. dairy. Trump wrote that if Canada worked with him to stop the flow of fentanyl, the United States would perhaps consider an adjustment to the letter.
The letter also pointed to Canada's earlier retaliation against U.S. tariffs, and the new 35% rate was separate from existing sectoral tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles.
An administration official said at the time that an exclusion for goods complying with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was expected to stay in place and that 10% tariffs on energy and fertilizer were not set to change, though Trump had not made a final decision. This report presents that status as it stood at the time and does not treat the exclusion as settled.
Carney responded on social media that night that throughout the trade negotiations the Canadian government had steadfastly defended Canadian workers and businesses and would continue to do so as it worked toward the revised August 1 deadline. Trump also said that day that he planned blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trading partners.
Related: Trump Signs Executive Order 14326 Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates, Effective August 7
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：白宫南立面与圆形门廊。2025年7月10日公布的对加拿大关税信函出自白宫。Matt H. Wade 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The south facade and round portico of the White House. The July 10, 2025 tariff letter to Canada was released by the White House. Photo by Matt H. Wade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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