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Trump to exempt some Canadian products from tariffs amid midterm pressure
The move would ease pressure on Maine Republicans as Collins says nine categories of Canadian exports will be spared from duties.
- President Trump is expected to remove sweeping 50% tariffs on select Canadian agricultural and forestry products following intense lobbying from vulnerable Republicans in northern border states ahead of the November midterms.
- Moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine confirmed the impending exemptions, noting the relief targets critical cross-border agricultural imports including blueberry, potato, apple, and seaweed farming equipment and inputs.
- The targeted tariff relief comes as Republican candidates face severe political backlash in close races—such as Collins' tight contest against Democrat Troy Jackson—where Canadian retaliatory counter-tariffs have hit local processors, growers, and consumers.
- The 50% tariffs, originally enacted across a broad swath of Canadian imports in August, triggered $27.6 billion in Canadian retaliatory duties on U.S. steel, dairy, electronics, and agricultural equipment.
- While the White House cautioned that formal policy changes remain subject to final administrative authorization, President Trump signaled during a Washington press conference that the U.S. is "very close" to a broader trade arrangement with Ottawa.
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The United States is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products in a bid to help Maine Senator Susan Collins and other Republicans from northern U.S. states in the upcoming midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar.
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Crucial products for Maine's agricultural industries will be exempt from tariffs, Sen. Collins says
Sen. Susan Collins announced Friday that nine categories of products, which she said are crucial for Maine's agricultural industries, will be exempted from U.S. tariffs on Canada amid the ongoing trade war between the neighboring countries.
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