The Peru Gazette

The North Country Chamber of Commerce has joined a call by the U.S. Chamber for three immediate forms of tariff relief:

• Immediate exemption of small business. If SBA sectoral definitions are used, this would include manufacturers with 500 or fewer employees.
• Goods that are not produced in the U.S.
• Restoration of a process to seek exemptions for businesses that cannot immediately source elsewhere and where jobs are at stake.

“We believe these are reasonable interim measures while awaiting trade agreements that could take many weeks or months,” says Garry Douglas, Chamber President. “These steps would mitigate economic damage which is starting to impact many North Country businesses. In the end, of course, we continue to seek the earliest possible resolutions of trade relationships, especially with Canada but also with other countries.”