From motorcycles to booze, U.S. ban on $1 billion worth of Canadian imports goes into effect - Toronto Star

The ban marks another ratcheting up of Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner.

A Canadian flag flies between ladders on fire trucks before the Northwest 9/11 Memorial ceremony at the Peach Arch monument on the Canada-U.S. border between Surrey, B.C., and Blaine, Wash., in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.

Donald Trump’s U.S. import ban on Canadian beer, wine, spirits, whey and motorcycles starts midnight. Here is how exporters are reacting.