Over 60 percent of Canada’s export of maple syrup goes to the US every year, an export worth almost SEK 4,000 million per year, According to Canada’s National Statistics Agency.
But when Trump’s customs stands at the door, important exports are threatened.
SVT’s USA correspondent Fouad Youcefi has met Chad Jakeeman, whose family produced maple syrup for 150 years in Canada.
– It would be devastating, for my entire family and for our employees, says Chad Jakeeman.
See when Fouad Youcefi and SVT’s team visit the maple syrup factory in the clip above.