Breweries and maple syrup producer among Vermont businesses hit by Trump's tariffs on Canada [View all]
Source: AP
Updated 5:00 PM EDT, March 18, 2025
NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Business owners from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border gathered Tuesday in Vermont to share how the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have affected their industries. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and repeated comments that Canada should become the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, and many are boycotting American goods in response.
“What’s going on in Canada is without precedent. The threat is over and above tariffs right now,” said Marie-Claude Bibeau, a Canadian member of parliament representing Compton-Stanstead. “And I’m even a bit a bit emotional when I say that because it’s a threat against our sovereignty.”
The 18 participants in the roundtable discussion included breweries, a maple syrup producer, a furniture company, an electrical company and a ski resort. Donna Young of Judd’s Wayeeses Farms in Morgan said most of the equipment she uses to produce maple products comes from Canada.
“All the tariffs and the changing political atmosphere, it’s just made it extremely disruptive,” she said. “The weather is always a big stress factor when you’re sugaring. We don’t need this extra stress on top of it.”
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