Maine businesses navigate new reality of tariff whiplash

Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the nonpartisan Maine Center for Economic Policy, warns of repercussions across several sectors in Maine from tourism to housing construction. He also questions the logic behind Trump’s fixation on balance-of-trade data and that anywhere the U.S. has a trade deficit means this country is being wronged.

Click here to read the full article, first published March 10, 2025 in MaineBiz.