tariffs

The Trump Administration on Friday extended tariffs on about 99 percent of imports. Along New York’s northern border, economist and business development officials are disappointed, but not surprised.

In front of the Tropical Fresh grocery store on Main Street Monday, Sen. Gillibrand said the 4.2% price surge for all items in the consumer price index is a direct result of the war with Iran and President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey says the White House owes every household in the Commonwealth over $1,700.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump proposed a 15% global tariff rate after the Supreme Court ruled against his previously imposed tariffs. It’s all led to uncertainty in the North Country, where businesses sit near the Canadian border.

The assemblyman representing New York’s northernmost district is praising the Supreme Court’s decision striking down President Trump’s tariffs.

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Trump’s 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.