Insights and Stories on Retaliatory Tariffs

Case IH combine at a farm show with a farmer in the foreground.

Tariffs throw US, Canadian farm machinery manufacturers into turmoil

Apr. 7, 2025 at 9:48 am CDT

All around a recent farm show in Canada, equipment salespeople struggled to swing deals with farmers worried about tariffs. With some combines costing more than $800,000, a surprise price hike from a tariff would be a hit most farm budgets cannot easily take.

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil

Apr. 4, 2025 at 9:26 am CDT

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025.

What do new widespread tariffs mean for Canadian agriculture and food?

Apr. 3, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

ICE Canada Weekly: U.S. tariffs may not topple canola market

Apr. 2, 2025 at 2:32 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

White House says Trump will impose tariffs on April 2 ‘Liberation Day’

Apr. 1, 2025 at 1:21 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Canada will respond to Trump auto tariffs with its own trade actions, Carney says

Mar. 27, 2025 at 3:28 pm CDT

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that he would respond with unspecified trade actions if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes new auto tariffs.

By Reuters

U.S. pork begs for tariff exemption from Canada

Mar. 26, 2025 at 11:49 am CDT

Canada's retaliatory tariffs threaten to hurt North American pork and hog supply chain, U.S. farm group argues.

By Jeff Melchior

Trump auto tariffs are coming, but not all levies will be imposed April 2

Mar. 25, 2025 at 10:11 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday automobile tariffs are coming soon even as he indicated that not all of his threatened levies would be imposed on April 2 and some countries may get breaks, a move Wall Street took as a sign of flexibility on a matter that has roiled markets for weeks.

By Reuters

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:12 pm CDT

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.

By Greg Price

Tariff threats called part of U.S. race with China

Mar. 20, 2025 at 10:06 am CDT

Tariff threats against Canada and Mexico are part of a bigger struggle that the United States is in with China, says Christian Lawrence, a senior-cross asset strategist with Rabobank.