{"id":861935,"date":"2026-08-18T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861935\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:08:11","slug":"sask-businesses-brace-for-u-s-tariffs-as-wednesday-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861935\/","title":{"rendered":"Sask. businesses brace for U.S. tariffs as Wednesday deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murray Hannigan is expecting to feel the sting of tariffs from the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new layer of potential tariffs is very concerning,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just makes us want to look for other alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

His apiary, Hannigan Honey, is just one Saskatchewan business bracing for 50 per cent tariffs if a trade deal isn\u2019t reached between Canada and the U.S. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just see so much uncertainty and unpredictability,\u201d Hannigan said. \u201cIf it does go the wrong way, it\u2019s going to make life really difficult to export.\u201d<\/p>\n

The apiary near Shellbrooke sells 25 per cent of its product to the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Bees fanning outside the hive at an apiary. (Gillian Massie\/ 980 CJME)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have connections across the U.S. that we have marketed honey to over the years,\u201d Hannigan said. \u201cIt will be interesting to see if we\u2019ll still be accessing their markets in the year to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The business has diversified its market, getting a sweet deal with Japan and China, but Hannigan wants to find other buyers to avoid tariffs.<\/p>\n

According to Hannigan, the U.S. is purchasing honey from India and Vietnam, but should be looking to Canada for higher quality of honey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like they\u2019re just going for price point,\u201d he said. \u201cSo yeah, there\u2019s there\u2019s lots of unknowns as to where a tariff might end up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sask. trampoline company prepared to pivot<\/p>\n

Luke Shaheen, a managing partner with Crazy Ape Extreme Equipment is already facing 25 per cent steel tariffs on custom trampolines shipped to the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s hoping for a swift end to that come Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re optimistic and we\u2019re also on pins and needles,\u201d Shaheen said.<\/p>\n

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Luke Shaheen, the managing partner with Crazy Ape Extreme Equipment, stands next to a custom made trampoline ready to be shipped to the United States. (Gillian Massie\/980 CJME)<\/p>\n

The company sends about 50 per cent of its products south of the Canadian border.<\/p>\n

Shaheen said each order that has to clear American customs is met with a mountain of paperwork he calls an \u201cadministrative burden.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taxing on our entire team,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have had to bring in administrative support just to be able to get our orders through with all the new paperwork that\u2019s taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shaheen said Crazy Ape Extreme Equipment has already pivoted plans with different challenges from the United States. (Gillian Massie\/980 CJME)<\/p>\n

Shaheen said the company will pursue other strategies to get products to the U.S. if tariffs stay on for a lengthy amount of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will just have to find ways through and pivot,\u201d he said. \u201cWe already have some some plans that we\u2019re doing in the background to mitigate exposure, but undoubtedly there will be a strong impact in the short term for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something you just got to take day by day and proceed as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not-for-profit forestry group expects no deal<\/p>\n

Forest Saskatchewan is concerned forestry products won\u2019t be involved in the current deals negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorically, forest products coming in from Canada into the United States have faced tremendous lobby by the lumber associations in the United States,\u201d said, CEO Carl Neggers. \u201cWe\u2019ve had countervailing tariffs on softwood lumber for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve challenged them in the courts in the U.S. and won three times, and still we\u2019ve been embargoed with tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neggers said if the tariffs stay put, it means higher prices for everyone.<\/p>\n

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