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Truckers fear that the 25% tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is still threatening to impose will have disastrous consequences for their sector, as trade between Canada and the United States would suffer.
« If these tariffs remain in place at these levels for an extended period of time, it could be the final nail in the coffin for many trucking fleets, » warned Canadian Trucking Alliance President Stephen Laskowski. « It’s a bleak picture. »
Tariffs on Canadian imports into the United States, which ultimately won’t take effect for at least 30 days, would be the biggest trade shock north of the border in nearly a century, according to RBC Economics.
Several of the 5,000 member companies of the Canadian Trucking Alliance are already struggling due to weaker consumer demand. « It’s a hypercompetitive situation, » Laskowski said of the struggling sector.
« When the economy catches a cold, the trucking industry catches pneumonia. »
Some 120,000 Canadian truckers haul cross-border shipments, he said. Shipments to the United States account for about two-thirds of all Canadian truckloads, according to transportation technology firm Arrive Logistics.
Read more in an article from La Presse (translated from French).
