Catenaa, Sunday, January 25, 2026- President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Canada that the US would impose a 100% tariff on goods sold in the US if Canada strikes a trade deal with China.
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump also suggested Saturday that China would try to use Canada to avoid paying US tariffs.
“If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” Trump stated.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada and China reached a preliminary deal to remove trade barriers and lower tariffs.
Under the tentative agreement, Beijing cut tariffs on some Canadian agricultural products, while Ottawa increased the quotas for imports of Chinese electric vehicles, applying the most-favored-nation tariff rate of 6.1%.
Just a week ago, Trump had voiced his support for Carney on the China trade deal.
“That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that,” Trump told reporters at the White House on January 16.
“Canada’s government has transparently outlined that the agreement with China is fundamentally about domestic consumers and businesses in Canada and China, not schemes aimed at other markets,” Matthew Holmes, Executive Vice President and Chief of Public Policy of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement.
“A structured and stable relationship with China or any other country … is not to replace our deeply rooted relationship with the United States that continues to be overwhelmingly good for workers, consumers, and North American competitiveness,” he added.
