Articles Tagged with ''tariffs''

NEW YORK—Trump says the higher tariffs are vital to defending U.S. industries and national security from a flood of cheap foreign metals, especially from China.

Modeling and forecasting can help manufacturers cope with tariffs.

TORONTO—Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, is calling on the federal government to take decisive action against corporations that relocate Canadian jobs in response to U.S. trade pressures. 

OSHAWA, ON—The General Motors assembly plant here will go from a three-shift operation to a two-shift one due to softening demand and trade-related challenges.

The economy today is truly global. Tariffs would be great if the U.S. were the only source of certain goods, but we’re not.

AURORA, ON—Magna International views the financial and logistical threat of tariffs as an amalgamation of every major crisis the auto industry has faced in the past several years. 

SAN ANTONIO—JCB will double the size of a new assembly plant currently under construction here.

Reciprocal, retaliatory, uncertainty—these words now dominate discussions about tariffs, once a distant trade issue but now a daily concern. Companies across industries are scrambling to understand their implications and devise action plans. The big question on everyone’s mind? How do we protect margins and stay competitive in a tariff-driven economy?

Fully one-third of all U.S. manufacturing inputs come from Canada and Mexico.