Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says an “all hands-on-deck approach” is needed to address border security concerns to avoid U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat on products from Canada and Mexico.
“The threats of tariffs are very problematic for us in Saskatchewan. We’re an exporting nation and out largest trading partner, import and export, is the U.S. by a substantial margin,” Moe told CTV News on Thursday.
“Any upset in the market imbalance, the flow of goods moving back and forth across the 49th parallel is extremely challenging for jobs and opportunities right here in Saskatchewan,” he added.
Back in November, Trump said that he would sign an executive order on his first day in office imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico until the flow of illegal drugs and migrants coming into the United States is addressed.
Moe had said the tariff would be disastrous for food security, energy, …