President-elect’s threat of universal tariffs has set off a scramble to get orders out that’s creating bottlenecks and higher costs

The potential impact of President-elect Trump's proposed tariffs will be felt by businesses both within the U.S. and on an international scale.

Most economists a month ago likely would have told you that Canadian interest rates would steadily decline during the first half of 2025 before stabilizing in the third quarter. But that was before United States president-elect Donald Trump introduced the threat of a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports,