US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada

As the trade war between the two neighbors and longtime allies escalates, TORONTO (AP) – The United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House remarked Tuesday.

Key points

• General Services Administration to declare Canadian products ineligible for those contracts until Canada allows full and fair reciprocity″ for American products.
• President Donald Trump additionally moved Tuesday to shut Canadian products out of substantial, long-term U.S.
• The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S.
• Carney remarked Tuesday Canada's strategy was concerning becoming more independent.

For context, the ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S. Imports earlier Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump additionally moved Tuesday to shut Canadian products out of substantial, long-term U.S. Administration contracts as Canada's retaliatory tariffs took effect and Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to speed efforts to reduce the country's dependence on the United States.

Trump directed the U.S. General Services Administration to declare Canadian products ineligible for those contracts until Canada allows full and fair reciprocity″ for American products.

Carney remarked Tuesday Canada's strategy was concerning becoming more independent. "It's regarding ensuring that no country can hold us hostage. And that we can live how we want to live."

Taken together, the developments around US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.