BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 27, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump fleshed out his campaign vows with his Monday announcement of a plan to place 25 percent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, affecting everything from logging to energy in Maine given Canada is its dominant trading partner. Canada’s inclusion in the tariffs, along with previous examples of harm to lobstermen and wild blueberry farmers under Trump policies as well as expected retaliation from other countries, could harm Maine’s economy. Canada is far and away Maine’s top trade partner, with the northern neighbor accounting for 70 percent of Maine’s imports and 31 percent of its exports this August.