Calgary Chamber expects Trump term impacts on all sectors [Video]

Ruhee Ismail-Teja, Calgary Chamber of Commerce vice-president of policy and external affairs, discusses the potential impact of the upcoming Donald Trump administration on Alberta with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: Let’s start on the energy export side, because that’s really where Alberta is concerned. Which is more worrisome: the prospect of Trump tariffs, or his commitment to massively increase American production of oil and gas?

Ruhee Ismail-Teja: We’re really concerned about tariffs. We know that he’s promised 10-per cent tariffs, which, as the Alberta finance minister indicated, we’re quite worried about that.

About 90 per cent of our energy exports go to the United States, but we also know that 52 per cent of what they import comes from Alberta. So they actually rely very heavily on our natural resources for their economy and so even if they do increase their production, of course, that will impact the Alberta economy.

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