Ottawa hockey fans boo US anthem after Trump tariffs order
OTTAWA - Loud boos filled Canadian Tire Centre during the U.S. national anthem ahead of Saturday night's game between the Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild.
Timeline:
The booing came hours after President Donald Trump declared an economic emergency to impose tariffs of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% rate on Canadian oil.
The Ottawa crowd cheered loudly for the Canadian anthem.
Canada strikes back
What they're saying:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later on Saturday said the country would put matching 25% tariffs on up to $155 billion in U.S. imports.
Trudeau said that Canadian duties on $30 billion in trade in American alcohol and fruit will take effect Tuesday, when the U.S. tariffs go into effect.
"It will have real consequences for you, the American people," he said, saying it would result in higher prices on groceries and other goods.
Canada won the hockey game
Ottawa shut out Minnesota, 6-0.
What are tariffs?
The backstory:
Tariffs are a tax on imports. Tariffs are typically charged as a percentage of the price a buyer pays a foreign seller. In the United States, tariffs are collected by Customs and Border Protection agents at 328 ports of entry across the country.
U.S. tariff rates vary: They are generally 2.5% on passenger cars, for instance, and 6% on golf shoes. Tariffs can be lower for countries with which the United States has trade agreements. For example, most goods were able to move between the United States, Mexico and Canada tariff-free because of Trump’s US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. That will change under new tariffs imposed by Trump.