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Group that beat Trump's IEEPA tariffs in the Supreme Court sues over his 50% Canada tariffs

Canada trade war
Political Guyentist · October 21, 20261 min read

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These tariffs are not the ones the Supreme Court struck down: they rest on Section 338 of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act, not IEEPA, and cover about $20 billion of Canadian goods.

Currently showing Goods hit by the 50% tariff, out of all U.S. imports from Canada
Goods hit by the 50% tariff, out of all U.S. imports from Canada
The 50% tariffs hit about one dollar in 20 of Canadian importsA single horizontal part-of-whole bar, drawn from zero. The full bar is every dollar of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025: $381.9 billion, Census basis. The red hatched sliver at the bar's left end is the roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods covered by the 50% tariffs, drawn to exact proportion: about 5.2 percent, or about one dollar in 20. The covered value is a reported approximation, so the share is approximate, and the hatching marks that. The share measures goods exposed to the tariff, not duties collected. The covered lists are this year's, while the total is for 2025, the latest full year. Some listed goods, including many alcoholic beverages, are now barred from entry, so the figure describes coverage rather than current trade flows. On covered goods, the 50% rate is added on top of other duties, and goods that qualify under USMCA are not exempt. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau for total imports; ABC News (AP) for the covered value.The 50% tariffs hit about onedollar in 20 of Canadian importsBillions of U.S. dollars, from zero$20 billion coveredapprox. 5.2% of the totalzero$381.9 billionall 2025 goods imports$20B ÷ $381.9B = 5.2%Goods exposed, not duties collectedSource: U.S. Census Bureau; ABC News (AP)
Goods hit by the 50% tariff, out of all U.S. imports from Canada

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