Trump's Tariff Threatens B.C

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Opinion: Responding to Trump’s tariffs starts with defending every job — and then building an economy he can’t threaten

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Donald Trump ’s looming 25 per cent tariff on aluminum and steel exports is a huge danger to our economy.

The impact of across-the-board tariffs would be devastating, with 124,000 B.C. workers potentially losing their jobs in the next four years .

But our vulnerability to the whims of one man signals the need for deeper, more far-reaching change.

Diversifying trade, strengthening our economy, bolstering democracy here and abroad and, most urgently, supporting the workers our country relies on are now not only economic imperatives, but essential to our sovereignty. The time to act is now. B.C. workers, families and communities are depending on it. Sussanne Skidmore and Hermender Singh Kailley are respectively the president and secretary-treasurer of the B.C. Federation of Labour ..

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