🇺🇸❌🇨🇦 US bans Canadian dairy, alcohol and motorcycles as trade war escalates

Trump responds after Canada imposes $20bn in retaliatory tariffs and Canadian PM vows to diversify trade abroad

The US is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said on Tuesday, as the trade war between the two neighbors and longtime allies escalates.

The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20bn in US imports earlier on Tuesday.

Donald Trump also moved to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term US government contracts as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs took effect and the prime minister, Mark Carney, vowed to speed efforts to reduce the country’s dependence on the United States.

The US president directed the General Services Administration to declare Canadian products ineligible for those contracts until Canada allows “full and fair reciprocity″ for American products.

Carney said on Tuesday that Canada’s strategy was about becoming more independent. “It’s about ensuring that no country can hold us hostage. And that we can live how we want to live.”

The rupture has upended one of the world’s closest relationships. On 22 August, the US imposed 50% tariffs on about 5% of Canadian imports, charging that Canada had unfairly treated the American dairy, alcoholic beverage and auto industries.

Some Canadian provinces have banned the sale of US alcoholic products – a move that prompted the retaliatory US ban on Tuesday.

The tariffs hit hundreds of American products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics and farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%. They cover about $20bn in American goods, roughly 6% of the $333.6bn the United States exported to Canada last year.

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/trump-canada-trade-war-dairy-alcohol

🇺🇸⛽️ 5 gas stations in California have hit the limit and are selling diesel at the dispenser's highest possible price: $9.999/gal.

🔗 Patrick de Haan

🇦🇪🇶🇦 Anonymous sources told French newspaper, Le Figaro, that Qatar, the UAE and an unnamed shipping company paid Iran to not attack their territory and ships respectively.

While Qatar "categorically denies" paying Iran, the UAE didn't respond to this allegation as it is known through OSINT that they did pay Iran to stop attacking the Emirates.

An unnamed shipping company paid Iran 2$ million in Chinese cryptocurrency to not attack its ships according to Le Figaro.

The Gulf Monarchies are watching with unease the Iran-Oman negotiations for the control of the Strait of Hormuz and the American lackluster response to this which only aggravates things for the Gulf Monarchies who will now have to appease Iran if they want to maintain their oil & gas revenues which will potentially lead to a severance of economic ties between them, the U.S. and Israel.

🔗 https://unwall.app/www.lefigaro.fr/international/les-pays-du-golfe-cherchent-l-alternative-a-la-fermeture-du-detroit-d-ormuz-20260909

🇾🇪⚔️🇾🇪 Houthi forces reportedly reached the town of Murad on the Red Sea Coast adjacent to the island of Perim/Mayyun which they conquered earlier.

This puts the Houthis in control of the narrowest point on the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

The distance between the island of Mayyun and the coast of Djibouti is ~21km (~12 miles) wide.

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🇮🇱🤝🇪🇹 Israel is backing Ethiopia's quest to obtain a port on the Red Sea

Ethiopia is supporting Israel's ally in the Sudanese Civil War, the Rapid Support Forces.

🔗 https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_9535469

🇵🇰🇸🇦 Pakistan says no military response to Ansarallah attacks on Saudi Arabia under discussion

Pakistan said Thursday that it is not currently discussing a military response under the Mecca joint defense agreement following Ansarallah attacks on Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported.

➤ “There is no such thing under discussion right now,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said. “When time comes, [we] will act under the agreement.”

➤ The agreement, signed last month by Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, stipulates that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be considered an attack on all. Khan also said there were no plans to expand the alliance.

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pakistan-says-no-military-response-discussed-under-mecca-pact-over-houthi-2026-09-10/

🇾🇪⚔️🇾🇪 Al Jazeera released footage of the vehicles captured by the Houthis from the PLC after the disastrous withdrawal from the Mokha-Hays region.

At least a dozen U.S made MRAPs were captured besides an even larger number of Emirati NIMR AJBAN 440 light patrol vehicles.

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⛽️ 🇺🇸 🔼 US national average diesel price has crossed $6 / gal for the first time ever — GasBuddy

The national average price of diesel has climbed to $6.00 per gallon for the first time in history, according to GasBuddy, whose live, real-time data reflects key thresholds like this one first. It is a level diesel has never reached, and it comes less than a week after prices set a fresh all-time record of $5.85

While gasoline gets the headlines, diesel is the fuel that moves the economy, powering the freight trucks, trains, agricultural equipment, and construction machinery behind nearly everything Americans buy. That means its impact reaches far beyond the transportation sector. As diesel climbs, higher supply chain costs work their way into the price of groceries, household goods, deliveries, and countless other products families rely on every day, even for households that never fuel a diesel vehicle

At $6.00 per gallon, diesel is now up roughly $2.30 from a year ago, when the national average sat near $3.70

“Not every day are new all-time records set, and this will be a particularly painful one for the economy that may not even be immediately felt, but record diesel prices will impact every cargo, shipment, every delivery Americans are taking, and are likely to reignite inflation up and down the supply chain. And for now, it comes at a time of year when diesel prices also traditionally rise, adding more pain. I suggest Americans anticipate a costlier holiday season, as it appears diesel prices could continue climbing as geopolitical tensions continue to remain a main factor,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy

https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/statement-on-diesel-reaching-6-per-gallon-for-the-first-time-in-history

🇾🇪⚔️🇸🇦 A large fire broke out at a pumping station on the Yanbu-Ras Tanura East-West pipeline likely as a result of Houthis missile attacks.

🔗 Ali (@MerruX)

🇺🇸⚡️ — President Trump says his proposed $5,000 “Trump Dividend” payments may not require congressional approval.

Asked whether Congress would need to authorize the plan, Trump said: "Well, we think not. I think they will do it if we needed it. But we think not."