Trade tensions between the United States and Canada are at a fever pitch. NDSU Extension Crops Economist Frayne Olson says the Trump administration is taking a different approach to the negotiations, particularly with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. “President Trump and his team are pushing for essentially two bilateral renegotiations rather than the full trilateral review. That’s put a different tone into the negotiations to start with.” The U.S. has imposed 50 percent tariffs on a variety of Canadian imports and Canada plans to respond with tariffs of equal value. Olson said North Dakota agriculture could be affected by trade restrictions involving equipment, parts and fertilizer. “The one that obviously also comes to mind is fertilizer. We import a lot of our phosphorus and potassium products from Canada.”
