[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54789-54791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17294]
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Vol. 91
Monday,
No. 162
August 24, 2026
Part II
The President
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Proclamation 11056--Temporary Suspension of Additional Duties To Offset
Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With
Respect to Alcoholic Beverages, Dairy, and Motor Vehicles
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 162 / Monday, August 24, 2026 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 11056 of August 18, 2026
Temporary Suspension of Additional Duties To
Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of
the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages,
Dairy, and Motor Vehicles
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. In Proclamation 11046 of July 20, 2026 (Imposing
Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination
Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect
to Alcoholic Beverages), I found as a fact that Canada
is discriminating against the commerce of the United
States by banning the purchase, distribution, or
retailing of U.S. alcoholic beverages while not banning
or similarly restricting such products from other
countries; that this discrimination places the commerce
of the United States at a disadvantage compared to the
commerce of other countries; and that Canada's
imposition is unreasonable, is not equally enforced
upon the like articles of every foreign country, and
places a burden on the commerce of the United States.
To offset the burden or disadvantage on U.S. commerce
from Canada's discrimination or unreasonable and
unequal imposition on U.S. alcoholic beverages, I
imposed under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1338) (section 338) additional ad valorem
duties, effective August 19, 2026, on certain imports
of Canada.
2. In Proclamation 11047 of July 20, 2026 (Imposing
Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination
Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect
to Dairy), I found as a fact that Canada is
discriminating against the commerce of the United
States through Canada's tariff-rate quota allocation
measures imposed on U.S. cheeses of all types; that
this discrimination places the commerce of the United
States at a disadvantage compared to the commerce of
other countries; and that Canada's imposition is
unreasonable, is not equally enforced upon the like
articles of every foreign country, and places a burden
on the commerce of the United States. To offset the
burden or disadvantage on U.S. commerce from Canada's
discrimination or unreasonable and unequal imposition
on U.S. dairy, I imposed under section 338 additional
ad valorem duties, effective August 19, 2026, on
certain imports of Canada.
3. In Proclamation 11048 of July 20, 2026 (Imposing
Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination
Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect
to Motor Vehicles), I found as a fact that Canada is
discriminating against the commerce of the United
States through Canada's motor vehicle tariff scheme;
that this discrimination places the commerce of the
United States at a disadvantage compared to the
commerce of other countries; and that Canada's
imposition is unreasonable, is not equally enforced
upon the like articles of every foreign country, and
places a burden on the commerce of the United States.
To offset the burden or disadvantage on U.S. commerce
from Canada's discrimination or unreasonable and
unequal imposition on U.S. auto and auto parts exports,
I imposed under section 338 additional ad valorem
duties, effective August 19, 2026, on certain imports
of Canada.
4. I have received certain information, opinions, and
recommendations from senior executive branch officials
on the status of the circumstances involved
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in Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048 and of
negotiations between the United States and Canada
regarding the discriminations or impositions described
in Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048. According to
senior executive branch officials, Canada has expressed
a commitment to remove the discriminations or
unreasonable and unequal impositions at issue in
Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048. In these
officials' opinion, because of the status of these
negotiations, the public interests favor suspending for
a period of 3 days the additional duties imposed in
Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048.
5. After considering the information, opinions, and
recommendations that have been provided to me by senior
executive branch officials, among other relevant
information and considerations, I determine that in
these circumstances, the public interest requires
suspending for a period of 3 days the additional ad
valorem duties imposed in Proclamation 11046, 11047,
and 11048.
6. Section 338 authorizes the President, if he
determines it will serve the public interest, to offset
any burden or disadvantage placed on the commerce of
the United States by an unequal imposition or
discrimination by a foreign country by specifying and
declaring additional duties not to exceed 50 percent ad
valorem (or its equivalent) and not to take effect
earlier than 30 days after the President's proclamation
finding that a foreign country imposes an unreasonable
charge, exaction, regulation, or limitation that is not
equally enforced on the like articles of every foreign
country, or discriminates in fact against U.S. commerce
in a way that places the commerce of the United States
at a disadvantage compared to the commerce of any
foreign country. Section 338 also authorizes the
President to suspend, revoke, supplement, or amend any
proclamation under section 338 whenever the President
deems that the public interests require such action.
7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2483) (section 604), authorizes the President to
embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) the substance of statutes affecting
import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the
removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of
any rate of duty or other import restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including section 338; section 301 of title 3, United
States Code; and section 604, do hereby proclaim as
follows:
(1) The effective date of the additional ad valorem duties imposed in
Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048 shall be 12:01 a.m. eastern time on
August 22, 2026. Accordingly, the chapeau of Annex II of each of
Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048, is amended by deleting the effective
date ``August 19, 2026'' and inserting ``August 22, 2026'' in lieu thereof.
(2) The head of each executive department and agency (agency), to the
extent consistent with law, is authorized to and shall take all appropriate
steps to implement this proclamation. The head of each agency shall, to the
extent consistent with law, immediately begin taking steps to effectuate
this proclamation and, as soon as practicable, suspend the collection of
the additional ad valorem duties imposed in Proclamations 11046, 11047, and
11048 to the extent required to effectuate this proclamation. The head of
each agency may, consistent with applicable law, including section 301 of
title 3, United States Code, redelegate within the agency the authority to
take such appropriate steps.
(3) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce,
the United States Trade Representative, the Chairman of the United States
International Trade Commission, and any other senior executive branch
official he deems appropriate, shall determine whether any additional
modifications to the HTSUS are necessary to effectuate this proclamation
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and shall make such modifications to the HTSUS through notice in the
Federal Register.
(4) To the extent that implementation of this proclamation requires a
refund of duties collected, refunds shall be processed pursuant to
applicable law and CBP's standard procedures for such refunds.
(5) Any provision of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that is
inconsistent with this proclamation is superseded to the extent of such
inconsistency. If any provision of this proclamation or the application of
any provision to any individual or circumstance is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to any
other individuals or circumstances shall not be affected.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fifty-
first.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2026-17294
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