Canada Tariffs

A North Country assemblyman is encouraged by a Congressional vote to block President Trump’s Canadian tariffs

Last Saturday, President Donald Trump threatened to place a 100% tariff on all goods imported from Canada if that nation signed a trade agreement with China. This week Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called on Trump to “stop illegally threatening” allies.

The highest-ranking representative of Quebec in the U.S. was in Plattsburgh recently to discuss cross-border relations and trade between the province and the U.S.

On Monday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul directed state agencies to compile data on the impacts of tariffs on the state.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada.

Canadians went to the polls Monday. In Northern New York, expectations of strained relations and a continued trade war remain.

Visitor traffic from Canada into northern New York is down by a third over last year.

North Country interests are carefully watching Canada's political duel and the implications for cross border trade.

The Town of Plattsburgh Supervisor is slamming new tariffs on Canadian goods to be announced Wednesday by the Trump administration.

Vermont Senator Peter Welch will hold a roundtable on U.S. and Canadian tariffs in a border community on Tuesday.