# Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect, escalating tensions with trade partners

## Trade Wars

### Trade wars

**David Lawder and Andrea Shalal**  
**Reuters**

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WASHINGTON — President ’s increased tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday as prior exemptions, duty-free quotas, and product exclusions expired, as his aim to reorder global trade norms in favor of the U.S. stepped up.

’s action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals and extends the duties to hundreds of downstream products, from nuts and bolts to bulldozer blades and soda cans.

The runup to the tariff deadline came with some drama on Tuesday as Trump threatened Canada with doubling the duty to 50% on its steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.

But  backed off those plans after  agreed to suspend his province's decision to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to Minnesota, Michigan, and New York until earlier U.S. tariffs were removed.

Ford said he would fly to Washington on Thursday with Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc for talks with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and other Trump officials to discuss revising the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade.

The incident whip-sawed U.S. financial markets already jittery over the president's broad tariff offensive but left unchanged Trump's original plans to strengthen the Section 232 national security tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed in 2018 during his first term.

A White House spokesperson described the U.S. pressure on Canada as a "win" for Americans.

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