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Global News: ‘Manitoba will come through this,’ expert says as trade war with U.S. continues

April 4, 2025 — 

John McCallum, professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba, said that while this province won’t be affected by these tariffs as much as some others, provincial trade barriers remain an issue, and the sooner they’re broken down, the better.

“We don’t’ have a huge manufacturing sector, we’re not tied to autos which is really going to get hit very hard. Lumber’s going to get fairly quickly too, I think, and we’re not tied up in that all that much,” he said.

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