ReportU.S. bars Canadian booze and dairy as Trump threatens Bombardier banAired September 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM UTCWritten September 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00$28 billion of American goods now face new Canadian tariffs.0:05Within hours, Washington hit back, a threatened ban on Canadian-made bombardier0:09jets, and signed orders cutting off Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles from0:14American shelves.0:15The goods and the crosshairs are exactly the ones shoppers and workers in border0:18states feel first, with no talk scheduled what happens when the next two deadlines0:23arrive.0:23The Canadian measures hit about $27.6 billion, roughly $28 billion, in American0:28goods spanning between 630 and 700 tariff lines, at 15, 25, and 50%0:34rates.0:35Ottawa framed the package as a dollar-for-dollar, rate-for-rate match of the tariffs0:39Washington imposed on Canadian goods.0:41Steel and aluminum took the heaviest hit, with existing 25% counter tariffs doubled0:45to 50.0:46Dairy household appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines, and0:50dishwashers, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, plastics, electronics,0:54cosmetics, furniture, clothing, some seafood, plywood, video game consoles, and0:58fishing rods all fell under the new duties.1:00Officials initially cited $20 billion.1:03The published schedule totals 27.6.1:06The Prime Minister said Canada can't allow American goods in tariff-free while the1:10U.S.1:10charges Canadian companies to export, and insisted Canada is not escalating the1:15conflict.1:15The response came in two registers, a social media threat the day before the tariffs1:20went live, then enforceable action the same morning they did.1:23The President's post singled out Bombardier, the proclamations, and the procurement1:28directive went after the goods themselves.1:30That post carried no executive order, no tariff schedule, and no effective date, and1:35it named no legal mechanism for an outright ban.1:38Bombardier already builds in the United States, with a wing plant in Red Oak, Texas,1:42a site in Kansas, and a large American supplier base.1:45The President said more than half the company's revenue comes from the United1:49States, a figure that hasn't been independently verified, and accused Canada of1:53blocking rival Gulf Stream jets, demanding Bombardier build here and stop treating1:57America like a piggy bank.1:59So the Bombardier threat exists as a social post, not as law.2:03The proclamations and the procurement directive are law with dates attached.2:06The five proclamations signed under Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act do two2:12things: import exclusions starting September 29th and scope changes to the 50%2:16duties starting September 15th.2:18Those duties apply regardless of USMCA origin and stack on top of existing Section2:22232 tariffs.2:23The GSA directive tells the agency, working with the U.S.2:26Trade Representative to remove Canadian origin products from federal purchasing2:30schedules worth more than $50 billion a year unless Canada restores full and fair2:34reciprocity, implementation is still in progress.2:37Two dates sit ahead with no negotiating channel open.2:40On September 15th, the 50% duty list is reshaped.2:43Rock salt and cement, toilet paper, refined lead, and fishing rods come off, while2:47additional cheeses and dairy ATVs, boats and motorboats, aluminum and other metals,2:52leather, paper, and wood products, furniture and mattresses, and golf carts come on.2:56On September 29th, the import exclusions begin.3:00A broad set of alcohol, including wine, beer, cider, rum, vodka, other spirits, and3:05non-alcoholic beer, plus some dairy and whey, cane molasses, and motorcycles and3:10mopeds.3:10British Columbia's premier announced new signage at U.S.3:13border crossings carrying that message on the same day the tariffs took effect, a3:17direct answer to the president's repeated 51st state taunts.3:20The province keeps its ban on American alcohol off liquor store shelves, and3:24ministers are looking for further countermeasures.3:27Not everyone in Washington is on board.3:29Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran publicly defended Bombardier.3:32His constituents supply parts for the aircraft maker, an uncomfortable position for3:36a party fighting a trade battle, it helped escalate.3:39So the question stands rhetoric or timetable.3:41The social post is not law.3:43The proclamations are with dates attached.3:46With no talks scheduled, the two governments head into September 15th and September3:5029th with no channel open.3:52American liquor, cheese, and cars, and Canadian aluminum, planes, and parts are what3:56shoppers and workers in border states will feel first.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗