Trump imposes new 10% global tariff after U.S. Supreme Court loss, though Canada’s largely exempt

More questions than answers for Canada

Ontario’s representative in Washington says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision is a victory in one sense, but stressed caution when it comes to how Trump’s new 10 per cent tariff could be applied to Canadian goods. 

And he also pointed to the high U.S. tariffs imposed on major Canadian industries.

“We still are facing the major brunt of tariffs that we’ve been struggling with, particularly in Ontario and in the auto sector, steel, aluminum,” David Paterson said during an interview on CBC News Network. 

“Nothing has changed there.”

Paterson emphasized that Canada still needs to work toward a trade deal with the United States in the CUSMA discussions. And he noted the president is taking advantage of other trade acts right now to put tariff pressure on countries around the world — not just Canada and Mexico. 

“This is an ongoing challenge that we have,” he said. “There’s probably more questions that have come out of today’s decision than there are answers.”