Many B.C. business owners are scrambling ahead of U.S. plans to levy a 35 per cent tariff starting Aug. 1 on Canadian imports that do not fall under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) trade agreement.
“If we do not get certified by then we are in big trouble,” said Joyce Tang, owner of the Langley-based plastics manufacturer Newton Industries. “I would not have a business to run.”
About half of Tang’s sales are to customers in the U.S.—often parts for the construction sector, plastic shopping carts for grocers and other plastic items. That means getting her products certified as being CUSMA compliant is vital, she said.
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