Trump’s tariffs threat should hasten trade liberalization among provinces

Now more than ever, the federal government and the provinces and territories should work together to remove interprovincial trade barriers.

If Canadian policymakers removed interprovincial trade barriers, they could mitigate much of the economic harm caused by potential new U.S. tariffs from president-elect Donald Trump, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

November 27, 2024

To much fanfare, American president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imported products coming into the United States from Canada. The premiers will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Nov. 27 to discuss the situation and possible...

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