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.

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.