From food and booze, to toilet paper and motorcycles: Here are the U.S. goods Canada is targeting

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Releasing the full list of U.S. products that will be subject to 25 per cent import tariffs as of Tuesday in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports, senior government officials say the items selected were done so, strategically.

The tariffs target a variety of goods, including food and drink, automotive parts, clothing and footwear, accessories and undergarments, cosmetics, luggage, home wares, furniture and appliances, motorcycles, tobacco, lumber, paper and more.

These items were chosen both because they are expected to have an impact on key U.S. stakeholders, and because they are products where the impact on Canadians can be minimized as there are domestically-made alternatives, according to a senior government official, who briefed reporters in Ottawa on Sunday morning, on a not-for-attribution basis.

Tuesday’s tariffs are the first of two phases announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday, said to total $30 billion in U.S. goods. A further round of tariffs on a wider list of American products, valued at $125 billion, is expected to come into effect 21 days later, following a public comment period.

This second list will be made available in the coming days, and will include passenger vehicles, trucks and buses, recreational vehicles and boats, steel and aluminum products, aerospace products, and more, according to the finance department.

On Saturday from Mar-a-Lago, Trump took massive trade action against Canada, as well as Mexico and China. The U.S. president ordered the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, with the exception of energy, which will be subject to a 10 per cent tariff, all expected to come into effect on Tuesday.

Senior officials said Sunday that they hope these first steps will be enough for Americans to get the message that they’ve gone down the wrong path, but noted additional measures continue to be contemplated, such as whether a further energy response is required. The officials left the door open to there being a further tranche of Canadian responses down the line.

“These U.S. tariffs are plainly unjustified,” wrote federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc in a press release Sunday morning. “Our singular focus is to get them removed as quickly as possible. Until then, our response will be balanced and resolute.”

The tariffs will only apply to goods that originate from the U.S. and will not apply to U.S. goods that are in transit to Canada on the day these tariffs come into force.

The federal government intends to keep these countermeasures in effect until the Trump administration eliminates its tariffs against Canada.

Trudeau’s targeting of these items is coupled with additional pressure the provinces and territories are imposing, such as halting the sale of American alcohol.

This is a developing story, check back for updates…

Here is the full list of products, published Sunday afternoon by the department of finance: