'No options' on tariffs without more time, says company importing from U.S. | CBC News

CBC - 18/04
A program announced this week to help some Canadian businesses faced with expensive counter-tariffs might not be enough to entirely spare some manufacturing firms from damage, say observers. And one such company in rural Manitoba is already feeling the bite. 

 A program announced this week to help some Canadian businesses faced with expensive counter-tariffs might not be enough to entirely spare some manufacturing firms from damage, say observers. And one such company in rural Manitoba is already feeling the bite. 

Since the trade war with the U.S. erupted last month, PhiBer Manufacturing has been paying "tens of thousands of dollars a week" in tariffs, according to CEO Derek Friesen, for materials required to make its farm and crop care equipment, as the company has no accessible Canadian or non-American suppliers.

"It's not something you can switch very quickly...
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