Businesses feel the strain as the deadline for Trump's 50% Canadian tariff approaches

NPR | By Richard Haller

Published August 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM PDT

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If President Trump's threatened 50% tariffs go through later this month, construction businesses that rely on materials imported from Canada are among those that will suffer.

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