Avoiding Trumps tariffs: Albertans scramble to complete cross-border business deals [Video]

Donald Trump’s latest round of steep tariffs on Canadian imports — this time on steel and aluminum — goes into effect at one minute past 10:00 p.m. Calgary time (12:01 eastern time).

Faced with the possibility that their American customers won’t want to pay an extra 25 per centm, steel and metal manufacturers in Alberta are scrambling to complete their orders before the new tariffs kick in.

“We are rushing stuff out the door right now to get across the border, and hopefully they make it before midnight,” said Chad Spicer, owner of All Metal Manufacturing in Calgary.  Any delay could mean lost business.

“It makes it difficult for companies to ship because the people receiving it don’t want to pay the extra money, so sometimes they turn it around,” added Spicer.  “They get to the border and they stop them there — and then they turn around and we just sit on it.”

Canada’s craft brewing industry is also bracing …