The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, opened to traffic on Monday, offering a new crossing that an economic analysis estimates will save truck drivers 850,000 hours annually.
“Unprecedented is just too weak a word for this,” said Gretchen Blough, a customs brokerage manager at Logistics Plus.
The sweeping new tariff would range from 10% to 12.5%.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will travel to Mexico tomorrow for USMCA talks. Meanwhile, Canada is facing new U.S. tariffs.
After a slow start to 2026, U.S. shipping companies are filling up inventory before more suspected tariffs begin in 2027.
On Thursday, the White House announced new 25% tariffs on Brazil.
While “sales tax” is an imperfect term, a tariff is a tax that functionally becomes a sales tax, one expert told us.
The Trump administration is taking another stab at replacing the tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down in February.
More-expensive energy has the knock-on effect of increasing the costs of goods and services.
As costs continue to rise for businesses owners, they are figuring out ways to save money on the back end.
