Cross-Border Business Struggles Amid Trade Tensions | Irvine News

Trade wars between the U.S. and Canada are crushing small businesses on both sides, forcing Vermont cheesemakers to halt Canadian expansion, Vancouver Island distillery equipment makers to face 50% tariffs on $250K+ exports, Nashville guitar gear firms to cope with plummeting Canadian demand and tripled shipping costs, and Canadian beekeepers to brace for collapse as cheap American honey floods the market—turning cross-border commerce into a costly, uncertain nightmare.

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