Canada is feeling the pain from Trump's tariffs but the trade fight didn't start overnight

President Donald Trump's escalating trade fight with Canada is squeezing the economy north of the border, threatening jobs and adding to families' financial strain as steep U.S.tariffs on roughly $20 billion in goods remain in place.U.S.

tariffs have hammered the country's steel, aluminum, lumber and automobile producers that depend heavily on the American market.Steel exports have fallen by roughly half since the tariffs took effect, while lumber exports were about 20% below 2024 levels earlier this year, according to the Bank of Canada.

Production and jobs have also declined in some of the hardest-hit industries.Canadian families are feeling the squeeze, too.Consumer prices were 3% higher in August than a year earlier, with grocery prices up 2.8% and transportation costs jumping 7.5%, according to the government's own data.A MUST-WIN MIDTERM STATE IS THE REAL LOSER OF TRUMP'S CANADA TRADE WARThe trade fight has escalated under Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, with negotiations breaking down and both countries imposing new measures targeting each other's goods.

(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Retaliatory tariffs on American products have also added to those costs.Prices of affected goods, which includes groceries, household products, furniture, electronics and appliances, rose roughly 6% more than comparable products that were not hit by the tariffs, according to the country's central bank.But while Canada is feeling the economic pain, the disputes driving Trump's trade fight are not new."The Trump administration is complaining about dairy access and, generally speaking, those complaints are completely valid," David Clement, North American affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center, told Fox News Digital."Canada has exorbitant tariffs on imports from the United States and really from everywhere around the world when it comes to chicken, turkey, eggs, cheese and milk," Clement said.THE OVERLOOKED WAY THE IRAN WAR IS MAKING GROCERIES, AMAZON PACKAGE...