The ongoing trade war between Canada and the U.S. isn’t only affecting the cost of a wide range of items, but the uncertainty is also impacting the number of trucks from Manitoba making the drive down south.
The owner of the Emerson, Man., duty free shop along the border said he’s observed a massive slowdown in business ever since U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats began.
“This is eerily reminiscent to the pandemic, except this time, we don’t really see the trucks,” Simon Resch — whose family has operated Emerson Duty Free for more than 40 years — told 680 CJOB’s The Start.
“During the pandemic, the border was closed, leisure travel was obviously shut … but trucks were still moving between Canada and the U.S.
“This time we see virtually an elimination of southbound … travel.”
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Resch said on a typical Monday or Tuesday, pre-tariffs, hundreds of Manitoba trucks would be …