THE trade war Between Canada and the United States, threatens to slow down the flow of famous Canadian export – maple syrup – and equipment used to manufacture what is often nicknamed liquid gold.
“We could not do maple syrup Without Canada. These are the kings, ” Vermont Maple farmer Jim Judd told Global News.
“Everything we have is Canada.”
US President Donald Trump price threaten to suffocate production and upset decades of cross -border cooperation in industry.
Canada produces more than 70% of global maple syrup.
Quebec is the Mecca of industry, while the neighboring Vermont is the American capital.
The markets are highly integrated, the American farmers reluctantly based on Canadian manufacturing products and maple syrup itself.
“The United States does not make enough of this product at the national level,” said Allison Hope, executive director of the Vermont maple manufacturers’ association.
“We are counting on an influx of Canadian syrup to mix with the American syrup.”
But the state has experienced considerable growth, maple production increasing almost 500% in the past 20 years, according to Hope.
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“It is a mutually beneficial relationship. We take a lot from this partnership with the Canadians and we want to keep it like this. The prices are annoying, “she said.
This is another example of the way in which Trump’s economic policies derail trade between Canada and the United States, especially in border communities.
“I couldn’t believe that we would do something like that,” said Judd. “In particular (to) a friendly country like Canada.”
He and his partner, Donna Young, direct Judd’s Wayees Farms to Morgan, Vermont, near the Quebec border, and depend entirely on their neighbor in the North for manufacturing and storage equipment.
Steel and aluminum prices – as well as samples threatened from next month – threaten to disrupt production on their fourth generation family farm.
“We have a possible season of three to four weeks, so we cannot play. If I need something. I need it yesterday,” said Judd.
The couple says they have already undergone delays on the border when it comes to receiving parts shipped from Canada.
“There is enough uncertainty with the weather. You don’t need to add uncertainty about politics,” added Young.
She was one of the many businessmen who had addressed a cross -border round table in Newport, Vermont, organized Tuesday by the Democratic Senator of Vermont Peter Welch.
Welch was one of the most frank American legislators against prices, slamming them as “appalling”.
Judd Wayees Farms Wayees producers are also indignant, in particular Trump’s repeated threat to make Canada on the 51st state.
“There are mornings when I wake up and I’m going,” really? ” Does it really happen? And I think Canadians have to think the same, “said Young.
Prolonged uncertainty threatens to hinder the maple season and could cause price increases and shortages on the shelves of American grocery store, says Hope.
“American consumers are used to going to any market, with any larger channel in the United States and seeing pure maple syrup on the shelves,” she said.
“We don’t want to lose what we started to build.”
Prices on maple products and manufacturing equipment could also wear a large blow for Canadian companies.
Canada’s maple syrup industry is a billion dollars with around $ 376 million in the United States in 2023.
“It’s weird because you never think of (maple syrup) as political. But suddenly we are caught,” said Young.
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