The United States escalated its trade war with Canada on Tuesday, announcing an upcoming ban on some Canadian dairy products and motorcycles as well as most alcoholic beverages after retaliatory Canadian counter-tariffs took effect on about $28 billion in U.S. goods.

Those counter-tariffs followed the U.S. imposing 50 per cent tariffs on Canada in August.

U.S. President Donald Trump also moved to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term U.S. government contracts.

The latest U.S. bans are set to take effect Sept. 29 and cover various Canadian wines and spirits, some motorcycles and mopeds, dairy products including whey and some types of…

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