With the Canada tariffs that are supposed to start this week, the affected NNY tourism officers were | Business

The North Country Chamber of Commerce published a press release on the upcoming tariffs on Thursday.

“We and business interests on both sides of the border are from this reversal within a day in which a shift to April 2 is given,” stunned. Between the two largest and most integrated economic partners in the world with the Nordland on the front in many ways. “

The meeting man D. Billy Jones, D -Chateaugay Lake, expressed concerns about potential tariffs.

“I am disappointed by the Canadian reversal of the tariff, which was announced today, shortly after you announced that it would be postponed until April 2. As a border community with many Canadian companies and a prominent tourist attraction, this will deeply injure business and residents of Nordland, ”said Jones in the press release:“ Canada is our friend, and this is not a way to treat one of our strongest trading partners and allies. The federal administration must stop playing games and has to keep this decision without haste before it permanently damages our relationship with our northern neighbors. “

At the beginning of February, Tom Clark, the Canadian Consul General in New York, said that the threat of a trade war united with a trade war with the USA.

Clark said that the 30-day break for import taxes did not do enough to calm one of the closest allies in the United States that the relationship can continue as it has had for decades.

“The threat of Customs Canadians really mobilized as I have never seen before,” he said. “For many Canadians it became very emotional and very personal.”

The trade with Canada supports 520,300 jobs, and according to Jones, more than 800 companies in Canadian possession are 65,000 New York, and many of these jobs are located in the processing business of the North Land.

According to Jones, New York has exports and 50 billion US dollars on an annual bilateral trade with Canada with Canada and 50 billion US dollars.

According to Dan Kelleher, President and CEO of the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, Canadian visitors make around 5% of total visits to the region in an interview in February.

Kelleher said that a decline in Canadian visitors would have noticeable financial effects on site.

“We have recorded a decline in 40% on our website. If only half of these people choose not to get to the United States and we see a decline in Canadian visits by 20%, we will deal with a loss of around 12 million US dollars in the local economy and a reduction of up to $ 580,000 in tax revenue and cities in local references, ”he said.