Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

It's possible many shippers will be cautious about new orders the first few days after tariffs are implemented to gauge if the tariffs are temporary,

said C.H. Robinson's Global Forwarding president, Mike Short

Dry freight Mexican shippers did not appear to react the same way except for produce shippers,

Croke said

There's clear evidence shippers north of the border were desperate to get loads into the U.S. before midnight on Monday this week,

said Dean Croke, principal analyst at DAT

I can’t understand why the government wants to expropriate the land for the benefit of an American company, especially when we have an alternative solution,

Blainville mayor Liza Poulin said

We cannot emphasize enough the seriousness of the situation,

wrote Stablex CEO Michel Perron

The Quebec government conducted its own analyses and made its choice in the interest of the Quebec community,

said Maxime Couture, a spokesperson for the company

The movement of these products has been stopped with the hope that one day, one day soon... there will be an agreement to lift the tariffs on these goods,

Vazquez told Reuters

It's extremely concerning... I think our city, as well as the country, should look towards more market diversification,

he said

Right now, the tariffs are putting everybody off balance because of their unpredictability and uncertainty,

said John Gulliver, president of the New England-Canada Business Council

I’ve talked to multiple companies that are saying, ‘We’re not moving forward with any investment. We need this to be settled,

said trade lawyer Gregory Husisian at the law firm Foley & Lardner

For now, we have no plans of adding more shelving or space for new items, we will stick to the footprint we have,

she said

Eswar Prasadthe fallout, former IMF official

It creates an enormous amount of uncertainty for multinational companies that sell products worldwide, that import from the rest of the world, that run these complex supply chains through multiple countries,

said Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University

Customers are pausing on new orders as a result of uncertainty regarding tariffs,

said a transportation equipment company

Past trade agreements simply don’t mean much if the president can unilaterally violate them and impose tariffs with no checks at all,

said Douglas Irwin, an economist at Dartmouth College

The tariffs will be devastating for small businesses like ours,

she said

Developers of commercial projects like high-rises and hotels budget two years in advance, so they don’t account for new tariffs,

she said

That construction budget is now under review and may likely be delayed ... as I recalculate costs that have already been budgeted,

he said

We’re going to be taking in trillions of dollars, and as much as child care is talked about as being expensive, it’s — relatively speaking — not very expensive, compared to the kind of numbers we’ll be taking in.”

In response to a question about how he’d tackle child care costs so more women could join the workforce, Trump brought up his plan to hike taxes on imports and said

We’re trying to balance the budget immediately, and because of the tariff income, which is really go- — it’s — it’s already turned out to be amazing, actually,

Trump said

I’ve decided for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff,

Trump said last month as he signed a proclamation laying out his plan for reciprocal tariffs