Houston, Atlantic premiers meet U.S. governors to push back on tariffs
Posted Jun 16, 2025 04:57:28 AM.
Last Updated Jun 16, 2025 12:05:59 PM.
Nova Scotia’s premier will be joining regional counterparts for a meeting today with governors from the northeast U.S., in a bid to get more allies in the fight against tariffs.
Tim Houston was in Boston over the weekend, attending the BIO Boston Convention, known as the largest biotechnology conference in the world.
On June 16, however, the attention turns to tariffs. Houston, along with New Brunswick’s Susan Holt and the other Atlantic Canadian premiers, will be part of a delegation meeting with northeastern U.S. governors.
The meeting follows an invitation the governors extended to eastern Canadian premiers in early May amid concerns over tariffs and maintaining strong trade relations.
Premier Houston says New England has long been an important trading partner for Nova Scotia.
Premier Holt, meantime, says her colleagues are looking for insights on how to deal with the White House and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said last month that the leaders hope to discuss how they can work together and maintain economic relationships in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
The latest on the trade war
Trump has arrived for the G7, or Group of Seven, summit in Canada, a country he’s suggested should be annexed, as he wages a trade war with America’s longstanding allies.
If there’s a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit, which begins Monday in the Rocky Mountains, it’s a desire to minimize any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.
The U.S. Court of International Trade has struck down Trump’s broad-based tariffs on most countries.
The decision blocks both the “Liberation Day” duties as well as tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China ostensibly tied to fentanyl.
A panel of three judges on the New York-based court ruled Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country using the International Economic Emergency Powers Act.
The administration has filed a notice of appeal and White House officials have condemned the ruling.
