This week, the U.S. is banning a select number of Canadian-made imports as the trade war continues between the two countries.
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The ban is reportedly a retaliation against Canada’s counter-tariffs, with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order noting that the bans will take effect on Tuesday, September 29 at 12:01 am.
Wondering what’s next in the Canada-U.S. trade war? Here’s all the products that will be affected by this upcoming ban.
U.S. Import Bans
The import ban targets 68 specific product categories, including dairy products, alcohol, and autos.
Of the categories, alcohol is the most common, taking up 53 separate lines. This includes alcohol like wines, rye, whisky, beer, vodka, vermouth, tequila, and rum. While much of Canada’s alcohol is sold within the nation, most of its international alcoholic exports are to the U.S.
Certain dairy products are also included in the ban, such as whey protein concentrates and molasses. According to Statistics Canada, in 2024, the country exported a little over $700 million in dairy exports to the U.S.
And the smallest ban categories is motorcycles. A U.S. fact sheet describes the banned motorcycles as including moepeds, and “cycles fitted with a reciprocating internal-combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity over 800 cc.”
It seems as if the Canada-U.S. trade war isn’t ending anytime soon. With these new bans soon to be in place, it remains to be seen if there will be any resolution between the two countries before the year is over.
