India, Sept. 9 -- Within hours of Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect, the Trump administration banned the import of Canadian alcoholic spirits, dairy products, and motorbikes.
Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed five Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to ban certain products from Canada and modify the scope of the tariffs on certain Canadian products previously announced on July 20.
Trump said the measures were announced to respond to Canada's additional retaliation and continued discriminatory treatment of crucial American exports.
After breaking off trade talks with the United States last month, Canada on Tuesday imposed new retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. expor...