Trump import bans on booze, motorcycles, dairy come into effect at midnight
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OTTAWA — Americans looking to tool around town on a brand new Can-Am Spyder will soon be out of luck.
The distinct Bombardier-built three-wheeled motorcycle, manufactured in rural Quebec, will be among the Canadian products banned by President Donald Trump White House on Tuesday — joining Canadian cheese, alcohol and agricultural products as the latest targets of the United States trade war against Canada.
The new bans, the result of executive orders signed by Trump on Sept. 8, come into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and are a direct response to Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against autos, dairy and alcohol.
What’s being targeted?
The import ban, which comes into effect one minute after midnight on Tuesday, will prohibit 68 specific product categories.
Canadian alcohol is the most common category in the new regulations, spanning 53 separate tariff lines.
Canadian rye whiskey is the largest sector impacted by the bans, which represent up to 70% of total Canadian spirits exported south across the border.
These include key brands such as Crown Royal, Canadian Club, J.P. Wiser’s and Alberta Premium.
Other Canadian spirits impacted include vodka from high-end brands popular in the U.S. like Crystal Head, Polar Ice and Iceberg, premium gins like Georgian Bay Gin and Empress 1908, blended rums and brandies, and specialty liqueurs such as Forty Creek Cream, Cabot Trail Maple Cream, Yukon Jack, Wayne Gretzky Estates Cream and Coureur des Bois.
In addition to specific brands, the ban also halts bulk tanker shipments of aged rye sent south for blending or custom bottling, as well as bulk neutral grain spirits.
Most Canadian booze exports ended up in U.S.
The bans only apply to beverage alcohol — industrial alcohols, denatured ethanol and fuel-grade ethanol can still be exported to the U.S., but are still subject to the hefty Sec. 338 tariffs imposed by the White House last month.
Federal trade figures show that in 2023, 90% of Canada’s $1.36 billion in alcoholic beverage exports ended up in the U.S.
Canadian exports of dairy and whey products totalled around $700 million annually.
Fourteen tariff lines were reserved for agricultural products, including whey protein concentrates, modified whey, and various dairy and cheese processing byproducts.
Canadian cane molasses and invert molasses will also be banned from the U.S.
A single tariff line was reserved for exports of large-displacement Canadian motorcycles with engines larger than 800 cubic centimetres.
Bombardier exports over $120 million worth of motorcycles to the United States every year.