Trump has repeatedly cited those high tariff figures, and while they technically exist, they only apply to products that exceed Canada’s tariff rate quotas (TRQs). In practice, U.S. dairy exports to Canada do not come close to reaching those limits — meaning they face no tariffs at all.
“It’s a false claim,” Bruce Muirhead, dairy policy expert and history professor at the University of Waterloo, told CTV News***. “We do have tariff rates of 200 or even 285 per cent against American dairy imports — but only after they fill their tariff rate quota. And they have never filled their tariff rate quota. Ever.”