Trump removes some Canadian tariffs and adds others
Source published: Oct 24, 2026 · 1:01 AM EDT · Event: 2026-10-23
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation removing the additional 50% Section 338 tariff from specified Canadian products while adding other products to the same tariff list. The White House says removals include plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment, and packing crates and boxes. Reuters also identified seaweed among the exemptions and reported additions including carpets, paints, waste products, shampoos, cocoa powder, wooden coffins, ice-cream sticks, some cooling equipment, archery equipment and canoes.
Response / context
The changes apply to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouses beginning at 12:01 a.m. EDT on October 30. They do not repeal the broader Canada tariff program: covered products remain subject to the additional 50% duty, and the proclamation says those duties apply on top of applicable Section 232 tariffs. Reuters reported that Maine Senator Susan Collins had urged the White House to address tariffs affecting businesses and farmers in her state and praised the relief; her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson criticized the tariff policy. Canada's trade minister said Ottawa was assessing the change and remained willing to work toward a mutually beneficial relationship. The signed proclamation says the modification follows information and recommendations from senior executive-branch officials and serves the public interest. It does not say that the November 3 election or Collins's campaign motivated the action, so the political-timing context is attributed to Reuters rather than stated as a finding.
Dates and scope
Source publication: Oct 24, 2026 · 1:01 AM EDT
Event or conduct: 2026-10-23. Trump signed the proclamation on October 23. The White House and Reuters published it that day. The Ledger reviewed the signed proclamation, its annex-linked product descriptions, the White House fact sheet and Reuters reporting at 1:01 a.m. EDT on October 24. The policy action occurred October 23; the Ledger source review and publication are dated October 24.
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Read the original sources
- The White House: Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles ↗
Primary October 23 proclamation reviewed for the products removed from and added to the 50% tariff list, the October 30 effective time and the continuing application of other tariffs
- Reuters, David Shepardson and Kanjyik Ghosh: Trump ends tariffs on some Canadian products, as Senator Collins faces close race ↗
October 23 independent report detailing product additions and exemptions, Maine business effects, election timing, political responses and Canada's response
- The White House: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Modifies Canadian Products Subject to Tariffs Under Section 338 ↗
October 23 administration summary identifying examples of products added and removed; treated as an official advocacy document, not an independent economic analysis
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