IFPTE Letter to Congress Requests Defunding of Tariffs on Canda
In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, IFPTE requested that lawmakers deny funding for the Trump Administration’s 50% tariffs on certain Canadian imports.
The letter calls on Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME), House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-OK), House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) to block the Administration misuse of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorities in the next government funding bill that it considers, which will be a continuing resolution that funds the government until December 11 (H.R. 6500).
IFPTE continues to remind the Congress and the Trump Administration that “Canada is America’s closest ally and number one trading partner,” in a “trading relationship uplifts American and Canadian working families alike,” as noted in the letter to Appropriations leadership. The letter also notes that, “ imposing reckless tariffs on Canadian imports will do harm to both the U.S. and Canadian economies and do even greater harm to working families on both sides of the border. “
As noted in the letter, Congress has already passed resolutions to disapprove of previous Trump tariffs on Canadian imports and, in February 2026, the Supreme Court eventually blocked the Administration’s unlawful use of tariff authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA). The current U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports are being inappropriately applied under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which allows up to 50% tariffs on countries that apply “unequal impositions or discriminations” on American commerce.
IFPTE’s letter also affirms the union’s commitment to “strategically applied tariffs that help to bring a level of fairness to working families when countries violate trade pacts and engage in unfair trade practices.”
Read IFPTE’s letter requesting Congress defund the U.S. tariffs against Canada’s imports here.