US President Donald Trump has announced that all imports from Canada will have a 35% tariff as of August 1. He sent a letter to the country’s president, Mark Carney, informing him of the new rate, which has also been posted on his Truth Social account.

Canada became the latest country to be slapped with increased tariffs by the Trump administration on Thursday. Starting August 1,

Canada is one of the United States' top trading partners, with more than $410 billion of goods crossing into the country last year.

Doubling down on his trade wars, President Trump is threatening to raise taxes on many goods from Canada and punish Brazil for prosecuting his friend.

If implemented, Trump's new 35 percent duties will be "separate from all Sectoral Tariffs," such as the 50 percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports. Trump also promised that, if Canada raises its own tariffs in response, then "whatever number [Canada chooses] to raise them by, will be added onto the 35% that [the U.S. charges]."

The president revived his discredited claims about fentanyl entering the U.S. from Canada to justify his latest proposed rate of 35 percent.

President Donald Trump published a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, accusing Canada of having "financially retaliated" against the U.S.