US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 13, 2026.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Canada that the U.S. would impose 100% tariff on items bought within the U.S. if the nation strikes a commerce take care of China.
“If Canada makes a take care of China, it’ll instantly be hit with a 100% Tariff towards all Canadian items and merchandise coming into the united statesA.,” the president wrote in a Reality Social publish.
Trump additionally advised Saturday that China would attempt to use Canada to attempt to keep away from paying U.S. tariffs.
“If Governor Carney thinks he’s going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to ship items and merchandise into the USA, he’s sorely mistaken,” Trump said.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced that Canada and China reached a preliminary deal to take away commerce boundaries and decrease tariffs. Underneath the tentative settlement, Beijing lower tariffs on some Canadian agricultural merchandise, whereas Ottawa elevated the quotas for imports of Chinese language electrical autos, making use of the most-favored-nation tariff fee of 6.1%.
Only a week in the past, Trump had voiced his assist for Carney on the China commerce deal.
“That is what he needs to be doing. It is a good factor for him to signal a commerce deal. If you may get a take care of China, you need to do this,” Trump informed reporters on the White Home on Jan. 16.
“Canada’s authorities has transparently outlined that the settlement with China is basically about home shoppers and companies in Canada and China, not schemes geared toward different markets,” Matthew Holmes, govt vice chairman and chief of public coverage of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce mentioned in a press release.
“A structured and secure relationship with China or another nation … are not to exchange our deeply rooted relationship with the USA that continues to be overwhelmingly good for staff, shoppers and North American competitiveness,” he added.
The White Home and the workplace of the Canadian prime minister did not instantly reply to a CNBC request for remark.
In August 2025, Trump raised the tariff on Canadian items to 35%. Duties aren’t imposed on most Canadian exports beneath the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Settlement (CUSMA), however some items, together with metal, copper and sure autos and auto components, are topic to U.S. tariffs.
The brand new tariff risk comes sooner or later after Trump withdrew the invitation to Canada to affix his “Board of Peace” after Carney’s tackle on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos that cautioned towards financial coercion by the world’s superpowers.
In his speech, Carney mentioned the world’s “center powers” should band collectively to withstand coercion from the world’s largest powers.
Carney mentioned final week that he supposed to affix the board however the particulars hadn’t been labored out. States in search of a everlasting board seat must pay a $1 billion payment.
— Reuters contributed to this report.
