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FILE PHOTO: Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the Connecticut Business and Industry Association\u2019s (CBIA) 2024 Economic Summit and Outlook on Jan. 18, 2024. Credit: Hugh McQuaid \/ CTNewsJunkie<\/p>\nFILE PHOTO: Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the Connecticut Business and Industry Association\u2019s (CBIA) 2024 Economic Summit and Outlook on Jan. 18, 2024. Credit: Hugh McQuaid \/ CTNewsJunkie<\/p>\n
HARTFORD, CT \u2013 President Donald Trump\u2019s newly implemented tariffs on Canadian goods <\/a>and the retaliatory tariffs being imposed on U.S. products by Canada will likely lead to price increases on a wide variety of products, officials warned Monday.<\/p>\n Gov. Ned Lamont, elected state leaders, and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) are warning consumers and small businesses of the upcoming changes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Canada is Connecticut\u2019s largest foreign market, accounting for 12% of the state\u2019s merchandise exports, Lamont said in a news release. Approximately 70% of the goods affected by retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada are core industrial products from Connecticut businesses.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s be clear\u2014tariffs are a tax implemented by the federal government that cause the price of products to go up and are paid for by hardworking Americans,\u201d Lamont said in the news release. \u201cAt a time when we should be laser focused on reducing the cost of goods, the Trump administration and Republicans in Washington are doing the exact opposite and are raising costs for American consumers and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n Dustin Nord, director of the CBIA Foundation for Economic Growth and Opportunity\u2014the research arm of CBIA\u2014said the foundation\u2019s recent annual survey of Connecticut businesses showed more than half expect tariffs to negatively impact operations over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n \u201cVolatile trade policy creates uncertainty, making it difficult for businesses to make long-term investments in facilities and equipment,\u201d Nord said. \u201cSmall businesses are particularly vulnerable, increasingly endangered by higher costs and interrupted supply chains that will cause long-term harm.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump last week implemented a new 50% tariff on a variety of Canadian goods, including furniture, milk, cheese, cameras, wine, beer, whiskey, honey, and agricultural seed. This is in addition to the 50% tariff on aluminum imports from Canada that took effect in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, President Trump announced plans to implement a 50% tariff on automobiles, trucks, automotive parts, and steel that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n In retaliation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged \u201cdollar-for-dollar\u201d retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products starting Sept. 8. These retaliatory tariffs are expected to impact roughly $170 million of Connecticut exports to Canada, many of which include core products made in Connecticut, such as wire, cables, and aluminum, the governor\u2019s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Canadian leaders are also threatening that if these tariffs from the U.S. continue, they could implement higher tariffs on energy exports. Approximately 25% of New England\u2019s natural gas is imported from Canada.\u00a0 Additionally, New England imports roughly 11% of its electricity from Canada, with most of that from hydroelectric power, the governor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tIn Other News\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tOfficials: Academic Achievement Up, Absenteeism Down For Fourth Straight Year<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker said math and science performance had returned nearly to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tCT\u2019s Community Health Centers Earn National Recognition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The federal Health Resources and Services Administration recently awarded Community Health Quality Recognition badges to community health centers across the country, including Connecticut\u2019s 17 health centers.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tBlumenthal Declares Ukraine Has \u2018Turned The Tide,\u2019 Demands Russia Sanctions<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The sanctions bill, which the Senate passed weeks ago after a direct plea for aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is one component of a three priorities Zelenskyy outlined in his visit to Washington. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tCourt Order Temporarily Blocks New Vote-By-Mail Rules<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The court found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in arguing that USPS did not have the authority to issue the rule in the first place, and that the rule is otherwise unconstitutional.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tLamont Issues Guidance To Residents In Wake Of Danbury ICE Activity<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Speaking in Danbury, where ICE has detained dozens of people this week, including targeting parents dropping children off at bus stops, Lamont added that the state respects the dignity and humanity of every person who calls Connecticut home and valued the contributions of immigrant communities.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\tReport: Incarcerated Woman Dies In CT Prison<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Donald Eng<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 28, 2026, 2:39 pmAugust 28, 2026, 2:39 pm\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 28, 2026, 9:08 amAugust 28, 2026, 9:08 am\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE PHOTO: Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the Connecticut Business and Industry Association\u2019s (CBIA) 2024 Economic Summit and Outlook…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1036065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[12],"tags":[36358,64,407730,79,46039,36362,551,2175,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1036064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-400ptuesday","tag-business","tag-cbia","tag-economy","tag-extra","tag-ned-lamont","tag-push","tag-tariffs","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117193329271805598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}