Trump Adds and Subtracts from Canada Tariffs List

[ABS News Service/26.10.2026]

President Trump on Friday revised the products subject to his 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, granting relief to several industries while adding an equivalent range of products to the tariff schedule.

The changes take effect October 30, seven days after Trump signed the new Section 338 proclamation.

The Administration removed certain plywood sheets, paper and packaging products, industrial machinery, refrigeration equipment, packing crates, boxes and edible seaweed from the tariffs.

It added other products, including carpets, paints, shampoo, cocoa powder, valves, air conditioners, chest freezers, canoes, archery equipment, wooden coffins and ice-cream sticks.

The White House said the revised product mix would continue to offset Canada’s alleged discrimination against US commerce while “better serving the public interest.” The broader 50 percent tariff program remains in place, including for covered goods that qualify for preferential treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The duties also continue to apply in addition to relevant Section 232 tariffs.

Election Concerns

The White House proclamation does not cite electoral considerations, although most of the products being exempted from the extra tariffs are important to the state of Maine, where RepublicanSen. Susan Collins is struggling to hold on to seat.

Senate Finance Committee ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (Ore) called the move a blatant attempt on the part of the White House to ensure Sen. Collins’ reelection. “Trump’s desperate, eleventh hour attempt to save Susan Collins’ political career is an admission that American voters are rejecting his toxic tariff policies. No one will forget how Trump raised prices on thousands of products American

families need by slapping trade taxes on goods from around the world,” he said.

The tariff revisions may also sharpen the legal dispute over Section 338. Gellert Global Group filed suit last week in the US Court of International Trade, arguing that the Administration exceeded its statutory authority and previously violated Section 338’s 30-day waiting period.

The action provides targeted relief but does not de-escalate the trade conflict. Canada’sm countertariffs remain in effect, and the United States has replaced each removed category with other Canadian goods rather than reducing the overall tariff burden.