NPR’s Morning Edition spoke with Riverdale Mills CEO James Knott, Jr. about what tariffs on Canadian goods mean for his company and other manufacturers. Riverdale purchases several thousand tons of steel per month to manufacture its wire mesh.
“The U.S., Canadian, and Chinese tariffs have a huge multiplier effect on the steel we purchase. We’ve been through these challenges before so we’re putting our noses to the grindstone and buckling up.”