September 2025: Canada lifts its first round of retaliation — but not on metals or autos
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Dated entry. This covers 30 September 2025 and has not been updated since. Tariff rules change constantly and some of this will have been superseded — check the official sources before acting on it.
On 1 September 2025 Canada removed a large share of its counter-tariffs: the Phase 1 list that had been in force since 4 March, and the miscellaneous consumer products list from 13 March. The United States Surtax Order (2025-1) was repealed outright.
What stayed is the part that matters to freight: Canadian counter-tariffs on US steel, aluminum and autos remained, covering 313 HS codes.
What it meant for freight: widely read as de-escalation, but the industrial inputs that fill trucks were untouched. Northbound metal and vehicle freight was unaffected.