Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US cities
The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario's premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to fight the fires, rather than complain. "The United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air," Trump said, threatening to impose new levies over Canada's "willful negligence". As of Friday, there were about 888 fires actively burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, external - with the majority burning out of control.More than 190 of those blazes are burning in Ontario, some out of control.
- ▪The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario's premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to fight the fires, rather than complain.
- ▪"The United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air," Trump said, threatening to impose new levies over Canada's "willful negligence".
- ▪As of Friday, there were about 888 fires actively burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, external - with the majority burning out of control.More than 190 of those blazes are burning in Ontario, some
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- ▪ Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S. — NYT > Top Stories
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Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US citiesImage source, Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty ImagesImage caption, Smoke from the massive wildfires has cast an orange haze over New York CityByNadine Yousif, Senior Canada reporter, Marco Silva, BBC Verify and Zahra FatimaPublished17 July 2026Updated 46 minutes agoUS President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada after hundreds of wildfires have left much of the northern US choked by a blanket of smoke. The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario's premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to fight the fires, rather than complain.
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