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.

Vermont Senator Peter Welch spoke about the government shutdown and other issues before returning to Washington earlier this week.

WAMC's Joe Donahue and Pat Bradley and NCPR's Cara Chapman explore the challenges and opportunities facing the Adirondack Park from cross-border trade and tourism with Canada, as tariffs and a trade war have caused tensions on both sides.

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

(Airs 06/20/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York residents will now have to pay for natural gas hookups even if their house is close to a gas line, between tariff uncertainties and a decline in Canadian tourism, many upstate businesses are bracing for a slow summer, and with the Trump administration renaming the Louisiana fort that honored Albany World War I hero Henry Johnson, local officials want to rename an Albany landmark in Johnson’s honor.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused on legislative deliberations over an expansive education reform bill during his weekly briefing today.

On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced he had authorized imposing a 100 percent tariff on all foreign films. Filmmakers and local film commissions in New York say it’s a bad idea — and infeasible.

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