{
  "id": 2592737,
  "title": "U.S. hits Canada with 50% tariffs, invoking a notorious Great Depression law that has never been used before to impose import taxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/u-s-hits-canada-with-50-tariffs-invoking-a-notorious-great-depression",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:45:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/22/us-canada-50-percent-tariffs-1930-trade-act-smoot-hawley-trump/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States imposed a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian products on early Saturday, invoking a rarely-used law from the Great Depression to impose the import tax. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada stated that the retaliation would be \"dollar for dollar\" to protect their workers and businesses. The latest trade conflict threatens the future of a North American trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, which is crucial to industries in all three countries. Canada had sought concessions on tariffs in steel, aluminum, automobiles, and lumber, but the U.S. delivered new demands that have complicated the delicate balance previously achieved. Canada immediately declared that it would retaliate against the U.S. tariffs, with Prime Minister Carney blaming the Republican administration for the breakdown, claiming that the last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair and economically damaging. The U.S. trade representative called the Canadian offer of \"historic economic and national security partnership\" forward-looking, but no further talks were planned. The breakdown in negotiations marked a sharp reversal from earlier days when officials seemed headed towards a compromise, and the countries had previously worked together as allies and trading partners. Canadians are frustrated, as a petition to expel the U.S. ambassador has collected nearly 248,000 signatures, accusing the ambassador of normalizing Trump's comments about annexing Canada.",
  "summary": "The import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the United States every year, including products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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        "published": "2026-08-22T10:55:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse, ushering in wave of new tariffs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/u-s-canada-trade-talks-collapse-ushering-in-wave-of-new-tariffs",
        "published": "2026-08-22T13:57:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Canada to match U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar after trade talks collapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/canada-to-match-u-s-tariffs-dollar-for-dollar-after-trade-talks",
        "published": "2026-08-22T16:10:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods from September 8; Carney vows 'dollar-for-dollar' response",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/canada-to-impose-retaliatory-tariffs-on-us-goods-from-september-8",
        "published": "2026-08-22T16:19:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}