Skip to content
Artwork for KSL's Inside Sources
KSL's Inside Sources · September 8 · 10 min

Oh, Canada: 50% counter tariffs go into effect today.

President Trump's second term has been filled with quite a bit of confrontation with our northern neighbors. And today, Canada's 50% countertariffs against the United States go into effect. Hundreds of goods will see the new tariffs, which came in retaliation to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports. Amid the economic drama, the President is also now slamming a Canadian-based aviation company… even though they make planes here in America. For more on this and its potential role in the midterms, Greg and Holly turn to Dr. Michael Kofoed, associate professor of economics at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

0:00-10:42

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

President Trump's second term has been filled with quite a bit of confrontation with our northern neighbors. And today, Canada's 50% countertariffs against the United States go into effect. Hundreds of goods will see the new tariffs, which came in retaliation to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports. Amid the economic drama, the President is also now slamming a Canadian-based aviation company… even though they make planes here in America. For more on this and its potential role in the midterms, Greg and Holly turn to Dr. Michael Kofoed, associate professor of economics at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.