Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Canada over China deal

Donald Trump’s threat comes after Canada reached deal with China last week on trade of agriproducts, electric vehicles.Published On 24 Jan 2026Montreal, Canada – United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff against Canada if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney moves ahead with an announced trade deal with China.In a statement shared on Truth Social on Saturday morning, Trump said Carney is “sorely mistaken” if he thinks Canada can become a “‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Rights advocates welcome Canada’s exclusion from Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’list 2 of 3‘The end of the world as we know it’: Is the rules-based order finished?list 3 of 3Is the world’s rules-based order ruptured?end of list“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A,” Trump wrote in the post, which referred to Carney as “governor” instead of prime minister.Carney’s office did not immediately respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on Trump’s remarks.The threat comes as tensions mounted between Canada and the US this week after Carney delivered an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that was widely seen as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s policies.“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said in the speech, urging the world’s “middle powers” to deepen cooperation in the face of coercion and threats.The prime minister’s remarks drew the ire of Trump, who responded by saying that “Canada lives because of the United States”. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” he said in Davos.Trump also revoked an invitation for Carney to join his so-called “Board of Peace” this week.The US president has been threatening to impose steep levies on Canadian goods since before he formally came into office in January 2025, while he has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the US’s “51st state”.