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US to Ban Imports of Canadian Dairy, Motorcycles, and Alcoholic Beverages Starting This Month
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In Short: The U.S. announced new trade restrictions on Canadian products, including dairy, motorcycles, and most alcoholic beverages, effective immediately, escalating a trade dispute between the two nations.
The move follows the introduction of a 50% tariff on beer imported from Canada, with Japanese brewer Sapporo planning to shift production of its non-alcoholic beer to the U.S. by the first half of 2027.
Updated on: September 8, 2026 / 8:33 PM EDT / CBS News The Trump administration moved Tuesday to ban imports of Canadian motorcycles, some dairy products and most types of alcohol starting later this month, intensifying the trade war between the two countries.
The bans were announced less than 24 hours after Canada imposed steep tariffs on $20 billion worth of U.S. goods, with the administration also slapping an additional 50% tariff on cheese products, steel, aluminum, and bamboo furniture from Canada starting next Tuesday.
What's still developing
- In July, the US announced new tariffs on dozens of trading partners, including Canada, raising costs for businesses that rely on cross-border supply chains.
- The US is one of Sapporo's most important overseas markets, and any shift south of the border will directly affect operations at its Canadian subsidiary, Sleeman Breweries.
- Bans on Canadian motorcycles, whey, molasses and nonalcoholic beer are set to take effect on the same day, according to a set of proclamations signed by President Trump.
- A senior administration official said Canada has expressed interest in finding an "alternative pathway" and the U.S. remains open to negotiation.
- The president said Tuesday he would ban Canadian-made products from federal government contracts unless the Canadian government opens up to U.S. imports.
- Senior Trump administration officials said in a call with reporters that the move was in direct response to Canada’s latest retaliatory tariffs, which took effect at 12:01 a.m.
- “I’ve got two countries in the world that have retaliated against the United States for trade measures: the People’s Republic of China and Canada,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in August.
- “We’ll always call it Lake Ontario. Period,” Canada’s minister of industry, Mélanie Joly, said Aug. 27.