AS THE DEADLINE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PROPOSED 25-PERCENT TARIFF ON CANADIAN GOODS NEARS… THE NORTH COUNTRY GROWS ANXIOUS. THE POTENTIAL TRADE DISRUPTION COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE REGION’S ECONOMY. WHICH WE KNOW…. RELIES HEAVILY ON CROSS-BORDER COMMERCE. NBC5’S YUNIER MARTINEZ WAS IN PLATTSBURGH TODAY. TO FIND OUT HOW IT COULD IMPACT EVERYTHING. FROM MANUFACTURING TO TOURISM. IN JUST TEN DAYS BOTH THE U.S. AND CANADA COULD BE FACING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT THEIR ECONOMIES WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PROPOSED 25-PERCENT TARIFF ON CANADIAN GOODS ENTERING THE U.S. POTENTIALLY AS SOON AS FEBRUARY 1ST…. THIS HAS MANY PEOPLE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY CONCERNED <Garry Douglas, President and CEO, North Country Chamber of Commerce “the economy of the North Country of New York is our interconnectedness with Canada. So anything that messes with anything that undermines that, anything that increases the cost of that by 25% would have a huge …
Potential 25% tariff on Canadian goods sparks concerns in North Country [Video]
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