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Canada announces new measures for steel imports

Tax Alert 2025 No. 55, 8 December 2025

On 26 November 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will reduce tariff rate quotas on certain steel imports and impose a new global tariff on a specific list of steel-derivative products. These measures, which are effective on 26 December 2025, are aimed at transforming the Canadian steel industry.

The federal government will also begin to phase out the remission program for Canadian counter-tariffs on certain US imports, beginning on 31 January 2026.

In this Tax Alert, we provide a brief summary of certain measures announced as part of this announcement.

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