Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Some tariff relief


 

United States President Donald Trump has removed some tariffs he placed on Canadian products this fall.

They are:

·      Industrial machinery, plant or equipment for the treatment of materials, by process involving a change in temperature.

·      Packing or wrapping machinery.

·      Refrigerating or freezing equipment.

·      Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading food items.

·      Machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labeling bottles, cans, boxes or other containers.

·      Plywood not over 6mm thick.

·      Sacks and bags.

·      Nonadhesive plates, sheets, film, foil and strip.

·      Bleached paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with plastics.

·      Cartons, boxes and cases of corrugated paper or paperboard.


Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine who is in the midst of a tight reelection campaign, issued a press release taking credit for the tariff changes.