Brad Schneider Unveils Bad Deal Act Against 50% Canada Tariffs on $80 Billion in Illinois Trade
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Updated · NBC Chicago · Aug 25
Brad Schneider Unveils Bad Deal Act Against 50% Canada Tariffs on $80 Billion in Illinois Trade
3 articles · Updated · NBC Chicago · Aug 25
Summary
Brad Schneider said he will introduce the Bad Deal Act next week to refund tariff costs to consumers and repeal the federal authority the Trump administration is using for new Canada levies.
A planned 50% tariff on Canadian imports is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2026, hitting steel, dairy, paper, electronics, makeup, energy, plastics and food tied to nearly $80 billion in Illinois-Canada trade.
University of Illinois professor Robert Bruno said Illinois households could pay thousands more a year—about $300 per household for each 1% tariff increase—and warned the move could threaten roughly 1,100 manufacturing jobs.
Bruno said Illinois has already absorbed damage from the administration's 10% global tariff, citing about 7,500 lost manufacturing jobs and a roughly $5 billion drop in state goods-and-services output.
The administration says the tariffs answer high Canadian duties on farm products, while Schneider expects court challenges and argues the economic and bilateral damage could outlast the current presidency.