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Trump tariff plans alarm French wine, spirits and dairy producers

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      We’ve gone through this before with the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
      CNN
      Lamb said
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      We essentially are not competitive in the US anymore, so our business model in the US is gone,
      CNN
      Walji said in an interview
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      It’s been a wakeup call for Canadians that we need to figure out a way to be not as dependent,
      CNN
      he said
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      There are a lot of people that are passionate,
      CNN
      Lamb said
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      He wants the US to flex their muscle,
      CNN
      said Walji, a partner in AI Industries, a steel fabricating plant in western Canada
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      We’ve been together for a long time,
      CNN
      Lamb said
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      If you watch for eight hours, you’ll see on average we’ve got 10 ships arriving and 10 ships leaving,
      CNN
      said Peter Xotta, the CEO of the Port of Vancouver
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      We’ve got to find other markets, otherwise they lose their jobs,
      CNN
      Walji said of his 100 workers
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      The economic activity here is very dependent on north-south trade,
      CNN
      he said
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      There is great uncertainty about future business activity due to the risk of tariffs and other potential government actions,
      CNN
      one firm in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting space said in the ISM survey
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      Mark Zandi
      It feels like the economy is gagging on the uncertainty. And the longer the uncertainty hangs around, the more likely the economy is going to start choking,
      CNN
      Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN’s Kate Bolduan earlier this week, referring to not just trade uncertainty but that over taxes, immigration and federal budget cuts
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      Tariffs are going to have a ripple down effect that could severely harm our business,
      CNN
      one information sector firm said
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      It’s frustrating and stressful,
      CNN
      Trevor Frampton, who owns a feed and pet supply store in Santa Rosa, California, said of the back-and-forth nature of the tariff threats
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      Nela Richardson
      Our data, combined with other recent indicators, suggests a hiring hesitancy among employers as they assess the economic climate ahead,
      CNN
      Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, said in the report
    • 88:88
      Bret Baier
      Do you have metrics that you are going to set that they have to meet this and then the tariffs go away? I mean, do we publicly know what that threshold is?”
      Daily Express
      Host Bret Baier then asked
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      And look, here’s the other thing. The fentanyl crisis is so toxic to our economy, Bret, because most of the people that are dying are prime-age working people.”
      Daily Express
      He continued
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      I think everybody’s on board on the fentanyl threat and the fentanyl deaths,
      Daily Express
      concluded Baier
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      Well, there’s 70,000 Americans dying every year, and that’s the low estimate because you don’t pick up all the deaths from the fake Xanax.”
      Daily Express
      Navarro laughed and replied
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      No, of course not. Of course not, Bret,
      Daily Express
      replied Navarro
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      True, but you’re putting them all in Canada’s pocket?”
      Daily Express
      Baier asked