Trump to exempt some Canadian products from tariffs amid midterm pressure
Nine categories of Canadian goods, including packaging and machinery, will be exempted as Collins says tariffs are hurting Maine farms and businesses.
- 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- The 50% tariffs, originally enacted across a broad swath of Canadian imports in August, triggered $27.6 billion in Canadian retaliatory duties on U.S. steel, dairy, electronics, and agricultural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 U.S. government has lifted tariffs on some products from Canada.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to remove 50 percent tariffs on certain Canadian goods. The changes take effect on October 30, four days before the U.S. midterm elections on November 3. The decision exempts plywood, certain paper products, machinery, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing crates and cardboard boxes from the additional tax. The list also includes fresh and dried seaweed, a product important to som…
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Sen. Susan Collins secured additional exemptions for Maine from tariffs on Canadian products on Friday, specifically exempting Maine from tariffs on products essential to the state’s agricultural industry. [RELATED: Collins Presses for Trade De-Escalation with Canada as Maine Industries Face Tariff Pressure…] “I am pleased to have secured additional tariff exemptions for products crucial to [...]
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