Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated

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Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news">US and https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada">Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.

After trade negotiations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/canada-us-collapsed-trade-talks-negotiation-breakdown-analysis">broke down between the two countries https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/donald-trump-lashes-out-after-us-canada-talks-devolve-into-trade-war">last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/canada-tariffs-trump-trade-deal-talks-fail">vowed to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar” and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-on-range-of-us-goods">unveiled a https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/international-trade-finance-policy/canadas-response-us-tariffs/complete-list-us-products-subject-to-counter-tariffs.html">list of nearly 900 American goods that will face 25% to 50% tariffs starting on 8 September.