Maine Exports to Canada Down Nearly 20%, with Forest Products Hardest Hit by Tariffs • Maine Morning Star

Maine exports to Canada down nearly 20%, with forest products hardest hit by tariffs • Maine Morning Star

Maine's forest product industry report that tariffs imposed in October have particularly hurt the state's forest products industry. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/ Maine Morning Star)Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration contributed to a decline in Maine exports to Canada and fewer northern neighbors coming to visit the Pine Tree State this year. Overall, exports from Maine to Canada are down nearly 20%, according to information Wade Merritt, p…

Maine economic, industry experts says tariffs are having multi-layered negative impact on Maine

AUGUSTA -- A day after Senator Susan Collins pressed U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the impact of tariffs on multiple Maine industries, experts and stakeholders made it clear to a special commission that they are seeing the impact of…