US orange juice and steel will be on Canada's list for retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs

Source: AP

Updated 1:49 PM EST, January 9, 2025


TORONTO (AP) — Canada is looking at putting retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice, toilets and some steel products if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products, a senior official familiar with the matter said Thursday.

The official said the wide-ranging list hasn’t been completed yet. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

Trump said this week he will use economic coercion to pressure Canada to become the nation’s 51st state. And he continues to erroneously cast the U.S. trade deficit with Canada — a natural resource-rich nation that provides the U.S. with commodities like oil — as a subsidy. When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own.

Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a tit-for-tat response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum. Yogurt imports from Wisconsin and whiskey from Kentucky, the home states of top Republicans Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell respectively, were hit with 10% duties in 2018. A lot of citrus production happens in Florida, now Trump’s home state.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/canada-trump-tariffs-orange-juice-trade-deficit-d388d642c89421c136a4821351e91d84

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Most of the "juice" citrus orchards are in FL vs the "out-of-hand" citrus being in California (the 2 states having "opposite" rainy and dry seasons during a year).