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Executive Order 14193

Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border

This executive order imposes a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on most Canadian goods and a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy products, effective February 4, 2025, citing Canada's alleged failure to stop illicit drug flows across the northern border. It expands an existing national emergency declaration, terminates inconsistent prior trade directives, and removes de minimis duty exemptions for Canadian imports.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 9113

Impact dates

  1. Recurring reports to Congress on national emergency

  2. Secretary of Homeland Security to modify HTSUS via Federal Register notice

  3. 25% tariff on Canadian goods and 10% tariff on Canadian energy takes effect

  4. Cutoff for in-transit goods exemption (goods loaded before this time exempt with certification)

Market exposure

Policy exposure mapping — not investment advice. Illustrative public companies are incomplete and not recommendations.

Sectors

Oil & gasSteel & aluminumAutosAgriculturePharmaChemicals

Mechanisms

Tariff

Role pressure

  • AdverseImporter — 25% additional duty on most Canadian goods, 10% on energy; increased costs and compliance burden
  • MixedDomestic producer — Potential competitive protection from Canadian imports but higher input costs if reliant on Canadian supply chains
  • AdverseDownstream manufacturer — Higher costs for Canadian raw materials and intermediate goods; energy-intensive industries face 10% energy cost increase
  • AdverseTrading-partner exporter — Canadian exporters face immediate tariff barriers to largest export market
  • AdverseProject developer — Energy projects relying on Canadian equipment or resources face cost increases

Geographies

USCA

Exposure dates

  • — 25% tariff on Canadian goods and 10% tariff on Canadian energy takes effect

Illustrative public companies

Curated watchlist matches by sector/role — incomplete; not a recommendation.

MMM3MALBAlbemarleAAAlcoaADMArcher Daniels MidlandBASFYBASFBGBungeCATCaterpillarCENXCentury AluminumLNGCheniere EnergyCVXChevronCLFCleveland-CliffsCOPConocoPhillipsCTVACortevaDOWDowDDDuPontLLYEli LillyXOMExxon MobilFFordGEVGE VernovaGMGeneral MotorsHYMTFHyundai MotorJNJJohnson & JohnsonLYBLyondellBasellMRKMerck

Confidence: high · Policy alerts

Key directives

  • Impose 25% ad valorem tariff on Canadian goods (Sec. 2(a))
  • Impose 10% ad valorem tariff on Canadian energy products (Sec. 2(b))
  • Effective date: February 4, 2025, 12:01 a.m. ET (Sec. 2(a)-(b))
  • In-transit exemption for goods loaded before February 1, 2025 with importer certification (Sec. 2(a)-(b))
  • Secretary of Homeland Security to modify HTSUS via Federal Register notice (Sec. 2(e))
  • Terminate, suspend, or modify inconsistent prior presidential trade directives (Sec. 2(i))
  • Remove de minimis treatment for covered Canadian articles (Sec. 2(h))
  • No drawback on imposed duties (Sec. 2(g))
  • Foreign trade zone articles admitted as 'privileged foreign status' (Sec. 2(f))
  • Regular inter-agency consultation on northern border situation (Sec. 3(a))
  • Recommend additional action if Canada fails to cooperate (Sec. 3(b))
  • Submit recurring and final reports to Congress (Sec. 5)

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Tariffs take effect February 4, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. ET
  • De minimis exemption eliminated for Canadian articles
  • Prior inconsistent trade directives terminated
  • Goods in transit before February 1, 2025 exempted with certification

Near term (90d)

  • Secretary of Homeland Security to modify HTSUS via Federal Register notice
  • Inter-agency consultations on Canadian compliance
  • Potential tariff expansion if Canada retaliates

Long term

  • Tariffs continue until expressly reduced, modified, or terminated by the President
  • Potential removal if Canada takes 'adequate steps' per Presidential determination
  • Recurring congressional reports on national emergency

Risks & tensions

  • Significant US-Canada trade relationship disruption; Canada is largest US trading partner
  • Retaliation risk explicitly acknowledged with threat of further escalation (Sec. 2(d))
  • Energy sector receives lower 10% rate but still faces price pressures
  • De minimis elimination affects e-commerce and small parcel flows
  • Legal vulnerability: IEEPA authority for tariffs contested; section 604 of Trade Act of 1974 cited but may not fully authorize this mechanism
  • Vague standard for Canadian 'adequate steps' to remove tariffs creates negotiation uncertainty
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