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President Trump's tariffs do not apply to Canadian books
This post last updated 10 November 2025
No tariffs on Canadian books
Books printed in Canada are exempt from tariffs under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). American customers will NOT have to pay fees when Obolus Press titles arrive in the mail. No nasty surprises at delivery!
We were forced to temporarily suspend sales to the US earlier this year because shipments were being delayed at the border, but these problems have been solved.
Still shipping during the Canada Post strike
For Canadian buyers, we ship by courier and are unaffected by the Canada Post strike.
Comment below or email sales@oboluspress.com should you have any questions.
As to what the future holds, that is difficult to say; the CUSMA free trade agreement is due to be renegotiated next year.
I have a monograph on the academic painter William Bouguereau in the works, and I was thinking about trying something higher end, with sewn bindings and thick art paper... but if I were to print it in China as planned, anyone who buys a copy from the States will (by my calculations) still get dinged with a 27.5% tariff. Cue the angry customer emails and reversed credit card charges. So that project is on hold.1
I might produce it as a small format, limited edition that can be shipped overseas at a reasonable price. There is, after all, a Commonwealth full of potential readers. What’s old is new again.2
I’ve heard that other art publishers are also sitting on their hands. If the tariffs make it less attractive to print in China, I wonder how someone like Benedikt Taschen will manage.
I say this tongue in cheek, but still…
Great map.
Sorry about the news, though, both for your sake and for my country's sake. Crazy policy.