President Trump Threatens to Hit Canada with 100% Tariff if they Become a Transshipping Hub for Chinese Imports
January 24, 2026 | Sundance |
Canada signing a trade agreement with China to permit the import of EVs is another escalation in the exploitation of the USMCA compact.
For the position ofChina, using Canada as a route to ship component goods into the United States is just a slight expansion of their current technique to avoid U.S. tariffs. However, President Trump is taking action immediately.
Noting on his Truth Social platform,President Trump announced that if Canada does effectively go through with allowing the import of Chinese electric vehicles, then the U.S. will impose a 100% countervailingduty against all Canadian imports.
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“[…] As a part of the deal,Canada will ease the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles that it imposed in tandem with the U.S. in 2024. In exchange,China will lower retaliatory tariffs on key Canadian agricultural products.” ~Politico
Canadian Prime Minister MarkCarney continues giving President Trump the ammunition to dissolve the USMCA trade agreementthis year.
USTR Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have bothexpressed anticipation of a new bilateral trade agreement to stop all this Canadian nonsense.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/24/president-trump-threatens-to-hit-canada-with-100-tariff-if-they-become-a-transshipping-hub-for-chinese-imports/