USMCA’s promise meets unilateral bans—tactical gambit or lasting rewrite?
Washington invoked Tariff Act Section 338 to block Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles and apply 50% surcharges on selected goods, while Ottawa’s C$27.6bn counter‑tariffs took effect.
Washington invoked Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act to ban Canadian dairy, most alcohol and motorcycles and to add 50% surcharges on selected goods regardless of USMCA preferences; Ottawa’s retal...