Alberta business community says everyone will feel the pain from Trumps tariffs [Video]

“How do you even think about where the ball’s going to go next?  He is constantly trying to mix up the game plan and we don’t know how to respond.”

That’s the response from Deborah Yedlin, CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement.

On Monday afternoon, Trump signed an executive order, implementing a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum, of which Canada is a major supplier.

In 2024, Alberta’s Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Trade estimates the province exported $815 million worth of steel products and $239 million worth of aluminum products to the U.S..

Nationally, in 2023, Canada exported $20 billion worth of iron and steel and $15 billion worth of aluminum to the U.S.

While American manufacturers will be forced to pay the tariffs on the raw materials, Alberta’s business community warned it is consumers on both sides of the border who will ultimately pay more.

“How it affects us …