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Where Richard J. Durbin stands on U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Goods
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Richard J. Durbin
IL · U.S. Senate
Where they stand
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Richard J. Durbin has supported ending tariffs on Canadian goods and opposed broad tariffs as a long-term policy, citing economic uncertainty, higher prices, and harm to American families, farmers, workers, and small businesses.
Position details
End U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods
SupportsRichard J. Durbin has supported ending tariffs on Canadian goods, including in statements dated May 29, 2025, and November 4, 2025.
The November statement’s Canada-specific context comes from the surrounding official page, while the quoted language itself refers generally to tariffs on trading partners. The May statement refers generally to the tariff regime, with the Canadian application established by the official page context.
Keep strong Canadian tariffs to rebuild U.S. production
OpposesRichard J. Durbin has opposed maintaining broad Canadian tariffs as a long-term approach, citing concerns about higher prices, economic harm, uncertainty, and effects on farmers, workers, and small businesses.
The evidence establishes opposition to broad or major tariff approaches but does not define every alternative tariff framework or establish positions on the remaining policy options described here.
Sources for this position
- Durbin statement on senate passage of three resolutions to terminate president trumps harmful tariffs · Nov 4, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Durbin statement on court of international trade striking down president trumps tariff tax · May 29, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Durbin joins klobuchar to press us trade representative on impacts of tariff taxes on farmers · Apr 15, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Durbin duckworth urge president trump to reverse tariffs that could devastate farmers and raise food prices · Mar 6, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Durbin issues statement on urgency of passing farm bill as president elect trumps tariffs loom over illinois agriculture sector · Dec 5, 2024 (opens in a new tab)
How we reached this answer
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What they said
“The President has decided to gamble with our economy by recklessly implementing sky-high tariffs against our trading partners. These haphazard trade policies have threatened our nation's position as a global economic…”
Read the full statement (opens in a new tab)“The President has decided to gamble with our economy by recklessly implementing sky-high tariffs against our trading partners.”
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- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin reacts to supreme court striking down trumps tariff tax
“They deserve relief, too. If we're concerned about the cost of living, as it hits American families, they need to have some relief, too, and the President, after losing in the Supreme Court, [needs to] pay this money back.”
Context only — this record does not establish the official’s broader position or motive.
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin statement on senate passage of three resolutions to terminate president trumps harmful tariffs
“The President has decided to gamble with our economy by recklessly implementing sky-high tariffs against our trading partners. These haphazard trade policies have threatened our nation's position as a global economic leader while also hiking up prices and harming American families, workers, and small businesses.”
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin slams president trumps failing tariffs harm to the us economy
“Now some targeted tariffs in areas where there is unfair foreign competition can be warranted, but that is not what is happening.”
Context only — this record does not establish the official’s broader position or motive.
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin statement on court of international trade striking down president trumps tariff tax
“It's time for Congress to stand up for struggling American families, put an end to Trump's tariff tax roller coaster, and follow common sense and the law.”
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin joins klobuchar to press us trade representative on impacts of tariff taxes on farmers
“We have serious concerns about the haphazard approach taken by the Administration to tariffs that cause unnecessary uncertainty and harm for U.S. farmers and their markets.”
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin if the trump tariff tax continues unabated its going to destroy this economy
“I consider Canada not only a good neighbor, but a great neighbor, an ally of the United States, a partner of the United States... And to say now that we're virtually in economic war with Canada is unimaginable.”
Context only — this record does not establish the official’s broader position or motive.
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin duckworth urge president trump to reverse tariffs that could devastate farmers and raise food prices
“We strongly encourage you to reconsider the current tariffs plan and instead consider a more targeted approach that supports American farmers, ranchers, and businesses.”
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin issues statement on urgency of passing farm bill as president elect trumps tariffs loom over illinois agriculture sector
“President-elect Trump's statements that threaten major tariffs on farm export markets is alarming, and could create higher food prices for Illinois consumers and big trouble for Illinois farm budgets.”
- What they’ve said· Official congressional website
Durbin statement on senate passage of usmca trade deal
“The USMCA will support the economy in Illinois by improving trade relationships with Canada and Mexico, our top trading partners. I'm glad we got this done on a bipartisan basis and had the support of business, labor, and farmers,”
Context only — this record does not establish the official’s broader position or motive.
- What they’ve saidDate unavailable· Official congressional website
Durbin speaks out against trumps tariffs on mexico and canada
“The tariffs that he has unleashed… will hurt American consumers and supply chains and undermine American manufacturing.”
- What they’ve saidDate unavailable· Official congressional website
Durbin speaks out against trumps anticipated tariffs that will harm americans
“The President’s use of IEEPA to attempt to justify these tariffs is a shoddy excuse for him to ram through an unpopular agenda and bully yet another close ally of the United States.”
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