Canada Launches Buy-Canadian Drive After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff Over China Deal

Overview

• President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that all Canadian goods would face a 100% tariff if Ottawa completes a commercial deal with China.
• Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the idea that Canada "lives because of" the United States and urged citizens to buy domestic products to support the economy.
• Canada's limited arrangement with China would allow about 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at roughly a 6.1% tariff while seeking sharply lower Chinese duties on canola and some seafood by March 1.
• Diplomatic tensions rose as Trump rescinded Canada's invitation to his proposed Board of Peace and again referred to Carney as a "governor" while invoking a "51st state" notion.
• No new U.S. tariffs have taken effect, and reporting highlights legal uncertainty about imposing such measures on trade covered by the USMCA.