The Voice: February 18th, 2025

“Tariffs are a lose-lose. They would raise business costs, reduce North America’s international competitiveness, and ultimately increase consumer prices at a time when Canadians and Americans are both struggling with significant affordability challenges,” says Stephen Tapp, Chief Economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. “The dynamic and localized information available in the Canada-U.S. Trade Tracker will help government leaders, businesses and citizens on both sides of the border better understand these critical cross-border linkages and then make the case to decision-makers that we should strengthen rather than break these mutually beneficial ties.”

“If President Trump wants to win for Americans, he shouldn’t be taxing the steel and aluminum that the American defence, manufacturing, aerospace and energy industries rely on. The only thing that’s “America First” about these self-defeating tariffs is who pays first. Moving forward with 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum is wrong on many levels, and we’ve already seen how this plays out — analysis by experts in the United States shows that the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed in the first Trump administration have raised costs for American manufacturers and prices for consumers. Instead, by removing tariffs from these industries, the United States could finally benefit from the expected job growth and GDP increase that would come with less trade barriers.” stated Candace Laing, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in a recent statement.

Canada is the largest export market for 34 states, reaching all the south way to Mississippi and Florida with each province and territory having its own special trade relationship with many American states.

For Alberta, Illinois is our top American trading partner, followed by Texas and Washington with $187,969 million in trade between US and Alberta.

There are 355,598 Canadian jobs are supported by Alberta’s exports to the U.S. with 5,365 companies in Alberta that export to the U.S.

Minerals, Chemical, Agriculture including live animals and products, as well as plastics and machinery are our top five export products include with similar import products including minerals, machinery, vehicles, chemicals and food & beverage products.

We know Alberta is most one of the top 3 provinces most at risk from tariffs due to their economic reliance on U.S. exports and dependence on the U.S. as a key export market.

With the up-to-date state of the relationship on full display through the Canada-U.S. Trade Tracker, it’s undeniable: we do better together. Find out more

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