The 25% tariff on most imported Canadian goods that President Trump’s plans to impose Tuesday has touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border.
Businesses on Maine and New Hampshire’s coast have concerns about whether Canadians will return in 2025. Trump's spat with Canada isn't only reason.
Canada, Trump and tariffs
The Gulf of Maine, which touches three New England states and Canada, emerged as a test case for climate change about a decade ago because it is warming much faster than most of the world’s oceans. The gulf is home to some of the country’s most valuable seafood species and is critical to the American lobster industry.
The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a home in the town of Sweden suffered life-threatening injuries. A supplemental budget in the Maine legislature to shore up a $118 million shortfall in Medicaid funding will not take effect immediately. The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation. Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren't expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.
The tariffs have touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border, where residents and industries are closely intertwined. Ranchers in Canada rely
A 10% tax on Canadian energy imports and a steeper 25% tax on all other goods from the country is expected to go into effect Tuesday. Goods from Mexico would also be hit with 25% tariffs. The move comes about a month after President Donald Trump postponed his initial tariff threats against the United States’ neighbors at the last minute.
A report last year from the Department of Health and Human Services found that drug prices in Canada are about 44% cheaper than drugs in the U.S.
The proposals have produced strong reactions among people living near the Canadian border in northern Maine’s St. John Valley.
Most of the oil that heats our homes here in Maine comes from Canada, and much of the produce that sells in our supermarkets during winter comes from Mexico. If the tariffs that President Trump has proposed go into effect,
With Canada supplying a significant portion of the electricity, refined petroleum, and natural gas used in New England, many experts agree that consumers will likely bear the brunt of Trump’s tariff.
President Donald Trump has doubled down on threats to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Maine officials are working to maintain cross-border relations.
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