$5.7B OF CANADIAN GOODS INTO CONNECTICUT NOW HIT WITH 50% TARIFFS

🚨 $5.7 billion. That's how much Connecticut imported from Canada in 2025 — and those goods now face a 50% tariff.

CT Insider reports the levies took effect Saturday after trade talks between the two countries broke down, citing the Associated Press on timing.

What's on the list, according to White House releases: wine, beer, whiskey, milk, cheese, natural honey, agricultural seeds, furniture, jewelry, cameras and hockey sticks.

Also covered: auto parts, plywood and cement. Those don't hit a shopper directly. They feed construction and manufacturing first, which is why that pain shows up later.

📉 Dustin Nord, director of the CBIA Foundation for Economic Growth and Opportunity, told CT Insider the hit to household budgets won't be instant. It depends on inventory. "Unfinished products don't come to Connecticut directly, but when they do show up here, consumers will pay for them," he said. CBIA is the largest group representing Connecticut business in the state.

Then the escalation. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney promised "dollar for dollar" retaliatory measures starting Sept. 8. Trump responded on Truth Social by saying he'd put a 50% tariff on all Canadian automotive and steel imports effective Jan. 1, 2027.

So the timeline is now: tariffs live, retaliation in September, a second round on cars and steel in 2027.

Which price increase would you actually notice first — groceries or a car repair?

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