While Canada was given a short reprieve yesterday from the tariffs threatened by US President, Donald J. Trump, President Trump appears to have doubled-down signalling that these 25% tariffs will be coming by February 1. If this is to be believed, the days of US and Canadian weighted average tariffs in the 2.2-3.4% range are over, and Canadian businesses need to begin preparing for the challenges these sorts of significant tariffs will bring – including the likelihood of Canadian retaliatory measures, which we reported on here.
In this Report will review basic preparation steps for “right now”.
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