In a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, US President Donald Trump announced a new round of global tariffs. His statements on the tariffs' calculations, justifications and effects, however, were filled with false claims. And they put many economies in a bind. Some countries have already announced countermeasures.
DW fact-checked two viral claims by Trump.
Claim: In a video, attached in this post on X, with 1.1 million views at the time of writing, Trump states that "Canada by the way imposes a 250-300% tariff on many of our dairy products, the first can of milk, the first little carton of milk, very low price, after that, it gets bad."
DW Fact check: False
The tariffs Canada imposes on US dairy products are arranged in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It applies to 14 categories of dairy products, such as milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.
As agreed in the USMCA, a certain number of US dairy products is allowed to enter the Canadian market tariff-free. When this limit is reached, other tariff calculations kick in to protect domestic producers. These over-quota tariffs are between 200 and 300%. However, according to the USMCA, Canada has guaranteed that tens of thousands of metric tons of imported US milk per year will face zero tariffs.
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