The biggest things they import for Canada aren't even manufactured goods but raw materials.
The only way to avoid the T tarrif at that point is to import from a different country but there are tarrifs there as well.
What is even the end game here? Make China the new biggest game in town?
They state they think the temporary pain to consumers and the loss of good will with Canada and Mexico is worth some other goal that will be achieved like they think this will cause American manufacturers to decide to expand in America, also they always talk about tax cuts and tariffs are a way to increase federal revenue without a change in the tax code. There's also the stated justification of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants from Canada and Mexico but the vast majority of both of those comes from Mexico with Chinese connections for some avenues of fentanyl so the Canada thing feels like it's a flimsy excuse to be included just for some bargaining on some other subject, or just to have an accomplishment, like how Trump in first term pushed for TikTok ban, then after winning 2024, Trump undoes ban he initiated in first term to claim that as an accomplishment. Versus say the border wall he promised in 2016 campaign but had a paltry result by 2020.
It's like they think a factory or manufacturing plant can be spun up in a few weeks.
America is just an unserious country right now.
Also, I think he is serious about the fentanyl trades via Canada
US Customs and Border Patrol recognizes three regions where fentanyl crosses into the country. These regions are the northern border dividing the US and Canada, the southwest border dividing the US and Mexico, and coastal and interior ports of entry.
https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-fentanyl-is-seized-at-...