US will impose 35% blanket tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letter

New levies, apart from the 25% on auto parts and 50% on steel and aluminum, will come into effect on 1 August

Donald Trump said on Thursday the US would impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trade partners.

In a letter released on his social media platform, Trump told Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, the new rate would go into effect on 1 August and would go up if Canada retaliated.

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