Tariffs Hit Cheese Trade

U.S.-Canada tariffs and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric have hurt cheesemakers on both sides of the border. Vermont’s Mateo Kehler said Canadian sales of Jasper Hill Farm cheese fell from “gangbusters to zero,” while Quebec producer Jean Morin stopped exporting to the United States because tariffs made sales too costly. Kehler said the loss of Canadian buyers was driven largely by consumer backlash to the rhetoric, and he warned recovery could take a generation.

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