{"id":785,"date":"2026-07-21T20:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:36:27","slug":"trump-goes-to-trade-war-with-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Trump goes to (trade) war with Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff<\/strong>: President Donald Trump announced giant new tariffs on Canada, which are scheduled to start in 30 days. Now negotiators from both countries are scrambling to see if they can be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=783\">How the culture war came for condoms, PrEP, and HIV testing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened? <\/strong>Late on Monday, the White House announced 50 percent tariffs on a slew of Canadian goods \u2014 including whiskey, cheese, down jackets, and (naturally) hockey sticks. Because the Supreme Court sharply limited his tariff powers earlier this year, Trump is invoking a  and possibly defunct authority under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Previously, these goods had been covered under the USMCA, the trade deal Trump negotiated with Canada and Mexico in his first term to replace NAFTA. But on July 1, the agreement expired and the US declined to renew it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Why is Trump doing this?<\/strong> The White House claimed three key grievances: Canadian duties and restrictions on American alcohol, dairy products, and automobiles. Liquor appears to be a special irritant: All but two Canadian provinces have pulled US-made booze from government liquor stores, and even some Democrats have complained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, the alcohol boycott began as retaliation for the trade war Trump launched in early 2025, when he was talking regularly about Canada becoming America\u2019s 51st state. Much like his effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump is trying to fix a problem he caused in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=779\">The truth about gut health<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Interestingly, the tariffs will not go into effect for 30 days. This suggests that they may be less a serious policy initiative than a negotiating tactic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the takeaway<\/strong>: Trump\u2019s lifelong fascination with economic warfare has survived the Supreme Court\u2019s rebuke, and he continues to fixate on Canada as a special target of his ire. It is unclear why; both countries have suffered from the breakdown in bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But whatever the motivation, the ultimate outcome is clear: Icy relations to the north are a permanent fixture of the Trump presidency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>The Odyssey<\/em> officially had the biggest opening of any live-action movie of the year, as the new <em>Avengers: Doomsday <\/em>trailer is greeted with yawns. Here\u2019s to the new MCU: the Mycenaean Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=777\">The surprisingly undisciplined trick to escaping social media<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>See More<!-- -->:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Economy<\/li>\n<li>Money<\/li>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>The Logoff<\/li>\n<li>World Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 percent tariffs on whiskey, cheese, and (naturally) hockey sticks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump goes to (trade) war with Canada - 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