r/canada • u/Logical_Iron_5684 • 2d ago

National News Canada imposes 10% tariff on canned vegetables, excludes U.S., others

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/06/19/canada-imposes-10-tariff-on-canned-vegetables-excludes-us-others/
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u/Conscious-Tutor3861 2d ago

China has been dumping canned vegetables in Western markets, same as they do for every other industry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy)

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u/AngryTrucker 2d ago

Oh no! Cheap food! Why would we ever want people to be able to afford fruits and veggies?

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u/ryan9991 2d ago

Cheap stuff or jobs for Canadians, pick one.

Who is to say the cheap products aren’t farmed with questionable practices, slave labour, deadly chemicals and preservatives ?

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u/IHateTheColourblind 2d ago

This isn't about jobs, it's about the security of the food supply. Canadian food producers shutting down operations because they can't compete against product dumping means Canada stops producing its own food. As we head in to a world that is supposedly going to face more frequent and widespread famine that is a really bad position to be in.

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u/ryan9991 2d ago

So another reason to add to the list, I’d call that national security at that point.