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New Brunswick manufacturers are holding their breath when it comes to tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. And, according to one economist, the pain could be real for smaller New Brunswick exporters targeted by the Trump’s latest list of products slated for 50 per cent tariffs.
Lack of trust in trading partners is ‘long-run cost’ of tariff uncertainty, says economist
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 18, 2026 6:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Ron Marcolin, the divisional vice-president of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said U.S. President Donald Trump’s long list of tariff targets will impact New Brunswick manufacturers. (Oliver Pearson/CBC)
With a list of over 500 products up for a possible 50 per cent tariff on Wednesday, New Brunswick manufacturers are at risk, according to one export industry advocate.
The province’s manufacturers will be affected “because that list from [U.S. President Donald] Trump is very long,” said Ron Marcolin, divisional vice-president of Canadian Manufacturing and Exporters for New Brunswick and P.E.I.
Value-added wood manufacturers and companies making a variety of metal components are among those who could be affected,
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