Manufacturing meltdown

A year after Trump first threatened punishing tariffs, The Globe and Mail spoke with four manufacturers about their experiences navigating the U.S. trade war Matt Lundy , Eric Atkins and Pippa Norman The Globe and Mail Published 1 minute ago

Rick Lennox, operations manager at Arctic Snowplows, stacks completed plows at the company's facility in London, Ont. The company is getting hit with a 50-per-cent duty on the steel content in its finished product. Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail

Months into the trade war, Canadian manufacturers are struggling.

They’re losing sales in the crucial U.S. market. They’re laying off staff to keep afloat. And they’re snowed under by reams of paperwork as they try to navigate the complex – and frequently changing – t

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