Canada: 25% Tariff on US Peanut Butter Removed
Canada has removed most of its retaliatory tariffs against goods from the United States, including a 25% duty on US peanut butter, as of September 1, 2025. According to a statement published by the Canadian government, this measure was taken in recognition of the US allowing most Canadian goods to enter the US tariff-free under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
The peanut butter tariff had been in place since March, when Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on a wide range of US goods in response to Trump’s announcement of a 25% blanket tariff on Canadian goods.
China: Application Period Extended for Tariff Exclusion Requests
According to a GAIN Report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service in August, the Chinese Ministry of Finance has reportedly extended the application period for requesting exclusions from Section 301 retaliatory tariffs to October 30, 2025, with approved applications set to expire after December 13, 2025. Chinese importers report that the pop-up window on the Ministry of Finance website now states: “No new applications will be accepted for this tariff line after October 30, 2025, and approved applications will remain valid until December 13, 2025.” This policy update appears to apply to all agricultural products from the United States subject to Section 301 retaliatory tariffs, including but not limited to grains, oilseeds, meat, pulses, tree nuts, alcoholic beverages, leather/hides, and fruit.
This update comes after an earlier GAIN Report noted that the application system indicated that no new applications would be accepted after August 1, 2025, and that approved exclusions would only remain valid until September 14, 2025.
EU: Commission Proposes Suspension of Trade Concessions With Israel
On September 17, 2025, the European Commission presented a proposal that includes the suspension of certain trade-related provisions of the association agreement between the EU and Israel. The suspension concerns the core trade-related provisions of the agreement, and in practice means that imports from Israel would be charged duties at the level applied to any other third country with whom the EU has no free trade agreement. As for next step towards adoption of the proposal, the Council will need to adopt the decision with a qualified majority.
Türkiye: Some Tariffs on US Imports, Including Tree Nuts, Eliminated
On September 22, 2025, Türkiye announced that it had terminated retaliatory tariffs imposed in 2018 on certain US imports, as reported by Reuters. The presidential decision published in Türkiye’s official gazette repealed the original order from 2018, which had imposed a 10% retaliatory tariff on tree nuts from the US.