On February 1, 2025, President Trump declared a national emergency and imposed new tariffs on Canadian imports through Executive Orders 14193, 14197, and 14226. This bill would exempt goods imported by — or for the use of — small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act) from those particular tariffs. Larger importers would still pay the emergency tariffs; only small businesses would be carved out. The bill does not repeal the tariffs themselves or limit future presidential authority, just narrows who has to pay them.
Average Household Impact
- Small-business tariff burden — Goods imported by or for small businesses exempted from Feb 1, 2025 emergency tariffs on Canada
Congressional Summary
Creating Access to Necessary American-Canadian Duty Adjustments Act or the CANADA ActThis bill exempts goods imported by or for the use of small business concerns from duties (i.e., tariffs) imposed under Executive Order 14193. This executive order, issued by President Donald J. Trump on February 1, 2025, imposed a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada (except for Canadian energy or energy resources, which have a 10% tariff).
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-07-22
- Date Added
- 2026-05-16
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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