"We've lost about 70 per cent of our potato farmers over the last 20 years. Alberta built potato processing and now they're a potato processing superpower." ...
This is a perfect illustration of how tariff barriers impact trade flows more than they change prices for the commodity. It’s good news for the Canadian wheat market, whether tariffs arrive ...
For example, a 15% tariff on imported cheese valued at $1,000 would result in a $150 tariff. These tariffs protect local farmers by making foreign products more expensive and less competitive.
"I hope we get tariffs reduced dramatically, and non-tariff barriers reduced, and quotas reduced," he said. "I hope we get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act re-upped," he added, referring to Trump's 2017 ...
For example, a 15% tariff on imported cheese valued at $1,000 would result in a $150 tariff. These tariffs protect local farmers by making foreign products more expensive and less competitive.