CJR:New paper tariffs could cost jobs at US publishers

https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/newsprint_tariff_canada_layoffs.php

This regime's pandering to a few whiny American corporations is amazing. And not in a good way.

First there were the tariffs on solar panels, which the industry here in the US could cost tens of thousands of jobs.

Now there's this article in the Columbia Journalism Review after a tariff on Canadian newsprint, which will add to the cost of newspapers. In addition to potential job losses, there's the potential threat of some newspapers simply closing up shop. Sure, you can argue that print newspapers are something of an anachronism in 2018, but we are all threatened by the decline of newspaper publishing.

So, one whiny company in the Pacific Northwest has succeeded in having a tariff imposed on Canadian newsprint, which primarily affects papers in the northeast. To save a small handful of jobs, the knock-on impact will be negative and potentially vast. But that doesn't matter in trump's America. And, if I had a few minutes, I'd probably find that the paper company in the northwest is a substantial contributor to trump and the GOP