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What would a 25% U.S. tariff mean for Quebec?

This week on This is Montreal, we look at the news that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports, and how Quebec's business sector is bracing itself for what's to come.
Logs being held by machinery
The foresty industry is one of many sectors that would be hit hard by Trump's threatened tariffs on imports from Canada. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

Quebec sends nearly three-quarters of its international exports to the United States — nearly twice as much as the province imports from south of the border.

This week on This is Montreal, we look at the news that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports, and how Quebec's business sector is bracing itself for what's to come.

LISTEN | What would a 25% U.S. tariff mean for Quebec?
Quebec sends about three quarters of its international exports to the United States — twice as much as the province imports from south of the border. With the news that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports, we’ll hear how Quebec’s business sector is bracing itself for what’s to come.

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Ainslie MacLellan is a journalist at CBC Montreal. Follow her on Twitter: @CBCAinslie.