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Trump tariff ’whiplash’ draws pandemic parallels as Canadian businesses scramble

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U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed, paused and then imposed again, tariffs on countries including Canada .

Canadian businesses and individuals are doing their best to manage and prepare for whatever might come next.

Trump announced Wednesday a 90-day pause on the levies on most nations slapped with the highest duties under his “reciprocal” tariff regime.

In Surrey , B.C. , Ramona Kaptyn said she’s “afraid to look” at what the tariff situation has done to her retirement savings.

“I'm now in my latter 70-plus years, and if the market keeps crashing, I could easily outlive my savings and not have the lifestyle that I have now,” she said.

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