U.S. Threatened Food Exports — Canada Found New Buyers Overnight।
“Canada has been ripping us off on dairy,”
Donald Trump said, threatening 250% tariffs on Canadian food.
He thought agriculture would break Canada.
Instead, it exposed America’s biggest weakness.
The truth Trump never mentioned?
Those dairy tariffs only apply after quotas are exceeded — and the U.S. never even comes close.
So while Trump shouted, Canada acted.
Canada quietly restructured its food trade, shifting $12 billion away from the U.S.
New buyers in Europe.
Long-term contracts in Asia.
Domestic production at home.
And once food trade moves, it doesn’t come back.
American farmers paid the price.
Exports to Canada fell.
Dairy buyers switched to Europe.
Beef went to Australia and Brazil.
Corn and soy collapsed under retaliation.
Trump weaponized food.
Canada weaponized reliability.
Food isn’t steel.
Food is security.
And when you threaten it, you don’t gain leverage — you lose trust.
That’s how Trump lost America’s second-largest farm market without firing a single shot.