{"id":56947,"date":"2025-03-04T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/04\/trump-tariffs-begin-heres-what-canadians-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:36:38","slug":"trump-tariffs-begin-heres-what-canadians-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/04\/trump-tariffs-begin-heres-what-canadians-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tariffs begin: here&#8217;s what Canadians need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">The Financial Post brings you the latest news in Canada&#8217;s trade war with the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Mar 04, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">Last updated 2\u00a0minutes ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"d643121a-65c5-43ea-9e86-05dc3ce1ac8e\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what is happening Day One of Trump\u2019s tariffs:<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"><em>Click here to go straight to live updates<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>How did we get here?<\/h2>\n<p>Any possibility that tariffs on Canada and Mexico might be delayed or reduced was seemingly quashed Monday afternoon when Trump declared there was \u201cno room left\u201d to negotiate on the 25 per cent levies, which were originally announced in January.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"js-widget-content article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--content-slot24 article-content__widget-group--newsletter-slot\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-widget__new-story-page fp-execsummary background--primary-light-gradient\" aria-labelledby=\"FinancialPostPosthaste1967889778703524089418162494242816\" 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Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment933868586549618687445211491074048\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just say this to people in Canada or Mexico, if they\u2019re going to build car plants, the people that are doing them are much better off building here because we have the market,\u201d Trump said during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Trump\u2019s confirmation that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico would proceed \u2014 and that tariffs on China would be doubled to 20 per cent \u2014 sent stock markets tumbling, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping close to 650 points and the S&amp;P\/TSX composite index falling nearly 400 points.<\/p>\n<p>The development came after the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick suggested earlier Monday on CNN that tariffs were not yet set in stone, and could be less severe than originally planned.<\/p>\n<h2>Which companies will be most impacted?<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">Potash miner Nutrien Ltd. is Canada\u2019s most at-risk company when it comes to U.S.-imposed tariffs, according to a report from direct indexing platform Syntax Data.<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan-based company tops a list of the top 10 Canadian companies with the highest exposure to tariffs based on U.S.-generated revenue, using a proprietary classification system with data from 11,000 publicly listed companies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5409477143057999114009682462638080\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The Syntax Data report says Nutrien\u2019s customers could shoulder US$4.41 billion in additional costs from tariffs.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Four out of the top 10 at-risk firms identified in the report are energy production giants Enbridge Inc., TC Energy Corp., Suncor Energy Inc. and Parkland Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The other most at-risk companies on the list based on tariff-impacted revenue are Magna International Inc. (US$10.85 billion), Barrick Gold Corp. (US$6 billion), Saputo Inc. (US$5.78 billion) and Bausch Health Companies Inc. (US$5.19 billion).<\/p>\n<h2>How is Canada responding?<\/h2>\n<p>Trudeau announced he would slap tariffs on $155-billion worth of U.S. imports, $30 billion of which would be immediate, with the remainder coming after 21 days.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Ontario would be taking U.S. alcohol off store shelves and would be ripping up a rural internet contract with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has also threatened cutting the power to 1.5 million U.S. homes.<\/p>\n<p>Several other provinces have announced similar responses, primarily pledging to pull U.S. liquor from store shelves and to review government contracts with U.S. companies, though Alberta\u2019s government doesn\u2019t believe in retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"live-blog\">Tariffs live blog<\/h2>\n<p><vf-live-blog class=\"viafoura\" 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=wZ1i1oenaJC4T9KYycQm9Q&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=wZ1i1oenaJC4T9KYycQm9Q&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=wZ1i1oenaJC4T9KYycQm9Q&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=wZ1i1oenaJC4T9KYycQm9Q&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"A 'Proudly Canadian' sign and Canada-themed balloons at the entrance of a Real Canadian Superstore in Toronto, Ont., on March 3.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=rOL4C3nRig0ptyu5GHFmLg\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=wZ1i1oenaJC4T9KYycQm9Q&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=rOL4C3nRig0ptyu5GHFmLg, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=-tgDi3Jq5J2SVUohfTH8hg 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=sjzmhRQgEBIYqMjcvCLKkQ 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Two-thirds of businesses can withstand a tariff war<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" tariffs=\"\" will=\"\" not=\"\" go=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=ekQV7zt78JKsOIhsyoxLHA\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=B2E6nBduni-n2yjT2pn1bA&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=ekQV7zt78JKsOIhsyoxLHA, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=TNVgyVdDO3ZJvrynR7c-Ag 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=x9QS0qUUaFY9kizRJqudYg 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Trudeau: Tariffs will not go &#8216;unanswered&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" says=\"\" trust=\"\" in=\"\" u.s.=\"\" trade=\"\" is=\"\" dead=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=MIdvTvhiHZbwFdys7UpfLQ&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=MIdvTvhiHZbwFdys7UpfLQ&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=MIdvTvhiHZbwFdys7UpfLQ&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading in New York City. \" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=ETtxUumNuM1pEV5nxgN5jg\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=MIdvTvhiHZbwFdys7UpfLQ&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=ETtxUumNuM1pEV5nxgN5jg, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=DUeQcpvfIGVeEP0H_DXGLA 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/no0207stocks.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=Jvlbfx8oBTZ0SI7zUkvL4g 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">CIBC says trust in U.S. trade is dead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p><em>With files from Financial Post staff, The Canadian Press and Bloomberg News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\">\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>Trump tariffs begin: here&#8217;s what Canadians need to know<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-03-04 12:36:38<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links News The Financial Post brings you the latest news in Canada&#8217;s trade war with the U.S. Published Mar 04, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 Last updated 2\u00a0minutes ago \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 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