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How Canada Is Navigating Trade Tensions with Strategic Tariff Pauses
- In mid-2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's administration temporarily suspended certain retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States amid ongoing trade disputes.
- These tariff pauses followed the US imposing general 25% tariffs and sector-specific levies on Canadian goods, which provoked Canada’s largest-ever retaliation including CA$60 billion in tariffs.
- The tariff relief, officially outlined in the Canada Gazette on May 7, covered multiple product categories such as food processing, health, manufacturing, and public safety to ease pressure on Canadian industries.
- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne called opposition claims that all tariffs were dropped “falsehoods,” noting that 70% of counter tariffs remain, while spokesperson Audrey Milette said relief was to give companies “more time to adjust their supply chains.”
- Canada maintains tariffs on approximately CA$43 billion worth of US goods as part of a measured approach to counter US tariffs while mitigating economic impact due to its strong export dependence on the US market.
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