Canada will raise duties on whiskey, toilet paper and metal products from the USA

Investing.com – The Canadian Ministry of Finance published lists of American goods, the duties on which will be increased from July 1. On appropriate measures, the Canadian authorities went after the US decision to increase tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, Kommersant reported.

The Ministry of Finance of Canada has submitted two lists – duties on goods in the first list will grow by 25%, and on products from the second – by 10%. The first list included metal products, including various pipes and wires. The second list included food and drinks – in particular, yoghurts, coffee, maple syrup, licorice sweets, pizza, strawberry jam, orange juice, ketchup, whiskey, as well as hair varnishes, detergents, toilet paper, playing cards, foil , sleeping bags. It is expected that the introduced tariffs will affect the import of goods worth $ 16.6 billion. “Countermeasures will continue until the United States abolishes its trade restrictions with respect to Canada,” the ministry said. The agency specified that by June 15 all interested organizations can submit their arguments on a certain product that has been included in the lists.

Since today, the US has decided to extend duties on imports of steel and aluminum to the countries of the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The new tariffs will affect in total the import of these goods worth more than $ 40 billion. In response, Brussels intends to increase duties on a number of American goods, similar measures were prepared by Mexico, Kommersant writes.