From motorcycles to booze, US ban on $1 billion worth of Canadian imports goes into effect
Canadian whisky is pictured at a British Columbia Liquor store in Vancouver on Aug. 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of annual two-way trade between the two northern neighbors. But it marks another ratcheting up of President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner.