Canada is SC’s 3rd-largest export market. ‘It’s too early’ to gauge impact of tariffs.

More than a month after the latest tariffs on Canadian-made products were enacted, the trade war’s impact on South Carolina’s economy is still difficult to assess, even as further restrictions on Canadian imports take effect Tuesday. “It’s hard to speculate on specifically what impacts tariffs will have at this point,” Joey Von Nessen, a research [

By: David Wren

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 999

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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More than a month after the latest tariffs on Canadian-made products were enacted, the trade war’s impact on South Carolina’s economy is still difficult to assess, even as further restrictions on Canadian imports take effect Tuesday.

“It’s hard to speculate on specifically what impacts tariffs will have at this point,” Joey Von Nessen, a research economist at the University of South Carolina, told the SC Daily Gazette.

“It’s too early to provide any specific outlook …

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