In This Economy?!

Are Canadian farmers going to be okay after the latest tariff threat?

Episode Summary

Being a farmer in Canada isn't easy at the best of times, and there's a new big challenge ahead. This week, China announced a hefty tariff on our canola products, which happens to be this country's largest agricultural export. Billions of dollars are at stake - so how damaging could this be? Host of In This Economy?! Mike Eppel speaks with Mike von Massow, a professor in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.

Episode Notes

Being a farmer in Canada isn't easy at the best of times, and there's a new big challenge ahead.

This week, China announced a hefty tariff on our canola products, which happens to be this country's largest agricultural export.

Billions of dollars are at stake - so how damaging could this be?

Host of In This Economy?! Mike Eppel speaks with Mike von Massow, a professor in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.