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Tariffs threats fuelling trade uncertainty for potato industry

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By Trevor Busch Commentator/Courier editor@tabertimes.com F or an industry that primarily exports eighty-five per cent of its product annually, Alberta potato producers are worried about the threat of a 25 per cent U.S. tariff - but the jury is still out on how negative that influence could be. “I don’t know what it’s going to look like. I don’t think anybody knows, other than the… Read More »

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