When the Trump administration arbitrarily imposed 15% tariffs on New Zealand exports on August 1, up from a previously announced 10%, no one should have been surprised. “Reciprocal” tariffs, based on the difference in value between what the United States imports from and exports to other countries,

The Trump Administration bumped up tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%, and that new rate went into effect on Friday. It’s kind of confusing to know exactly what these tariffs mean for our neighbor to the north,