OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Thursday hiking tariffs on certain Canadian goods to 35 per cent, with no deal materializing between Ottawa and Washington as the clock ticked towards an Aug. 1 deadline to reach a trade agreement.

A fact sheet issued by the White House confirms that tariffs on Canadian goods that don’t comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) will jump from 25 per cent to the 35 per cent Trump threatened to impose earlier in July, if Canada failed to take further action on halting the flow of fentanyl across the border.

Most Canadian goods meet the terms dictated by CUSMA, meaning they are not hit by the tariffs, which are separate from those targeting specific sectors.

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