Will we get price relief or a Canadian trade war?

Trump's beef tariff cut accidentally makes the case for free trade

As the president liberalized the market for beef, he also imposed new 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

Will we get price relief or a Canadian trade war?

I will never understand why President Donald Trump, brought back to office partly in response to a sharp rise in prices during the Joe Biden interlude, would pursue the expensive tariff policy we’ve been subjected to since the beginning of 2025. And yet here we are, with another reason to be unhappy about inflation and […]

Contributor: Will Americans get price relief or a Canadian trade war?

New research estimates that a 10% tariff on all imports will raise U.S. consumer prices by about 2.6%.

Canada — Idaho’s top trade partner — matched Trump’s tariffs. What’s that mean here?

Tensions between the U.S. and its second-largest trade partner — and Idaho’s top partner — boiled over last month when President Donald Trump lashed out at Canada with a slew of new tariffs.A number of U.S. goods including steel, dairy, wood and paper products are going to be subject to up to 50% tariffs in what has quickly escalated into a trade war with a onetime friendly neighbor that Trump has zeroed in on during his second term.Canadian off…