The last thing Flying Bison founder and owner Tim Herzog needed was President Trump's latest diatribe related to Canadian tariffs.
But, that is what happened late on Oct. 23 when Trump said he was ending all tariff negotiations with Canada because of a TV ad featuring comments made by President Ronald Reagan, who said he opposed tariffs between the U.S. and Canada.
."We don't need that," Herzog said.
Canadian trade is big business across the U.S., but particularly in Western New York.
Just on the Peace Bridge alone, more than $241 million in Canadian-made goods cross from Southern Ontario into the Buffalo Niagara region. The Peace Bridge sees more than 1,400 trucks cross into Buffalo on a daily basis.
Nationally, more than $2.7 billion in goods, each day, cross between Canada and the United States.
For businesses, both small and large, tariffs have translated into higher costs.
Herzog says the cost of grain he buys for his craft beers has risen more than 15% in the past year. The grain comes Quebec.
To the average consumer, that means a pint of beer that cost between $6 and $6.25 last year now costs between $7 and $8, Herzog said.
Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-Buffalo) said he is concerned every time Trump starts talking about tariffs on Canadian-made products.
"It does nothing but create more uncertainty," Kennedy said.