Announcement
26 Nov 2025
In November 2025, the Canadian government announced new measures to protect and strengthen its steel and softwood lumber sectors. These initiatives include tighter tariff rate quotas on steel imports, a new global tariff on certain steel-derivative products, and additional financing for the Softwood Lumber Guarantee Program.
Source
Number of interventions
4
3 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
26 Dec 2025
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 15 Oct 2025
Canada: BDC to provide CAD 700 million in new liquidity for the softwood lumber sector
Terminated: 25 Dec 2025
Canada: TRQs for steel products from FTA partners and decreased TRQs for non-FTA partners
Announced: 16 Jul 2025
Canada: Government announces additional measures to protect the domestic steel sector, as well as businesses impacted by the US tariffs (July 2025)
Terminated: 01 Aug 2025
Canada: Tariff-rate quotas on imports of steel mill products from non-FTA partners
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