# How Canada’s tariffs were designed to hurt Trump

https://mins.news/en/video/76148

- CNN, 2026-09-27 16:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo5wGpN1nD4

> Canada’s retaliatory tariffs were deliberately chosen rather than imposed at random. Duties of 15% to 50% on products including plywood, toilet paper and harvesting machinery were aimed at hurting Republicans in closely contested US midterm races, a strategy that could put pressure on Trump and his party.

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