In spite of the ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada, businesses along the northern Maine border showed optimism for the future of international trade during an April 10 networking event hosted by the town of Madawaska that featured members of the Maine International Trade Center, the Foreign-Trade Zone and Northern Maine Development Commission.
Maine International Trade Center President Wade Merritt said in an interview before the event that tariffs are a major issue and concern among the companies and businesses MITC works with throughout the state.
“Maine is in a unique position with all of this, with shared natural resources and shared energy,” Merritt said. “And of course you couldn’t have a better poster child for the shared community between the U.S. and Canada than Madawaska and Edmundston.”