ANALYSIS: Trump tariffs would hammer SW Ontario auto, agri-food sectors

Southwestern Ontario may be Ground Zero for the impact U.S. tariffs would have on the provincial economy, national economists warn.The region, heartland for automotive manufacturing and agriculture and food, would bear the brunt of the loss of 500,000 jobs forecast as a result of 25-per-cent tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump on Canadian-made goods sold into the U.S.The threat to impose tariffs as soon as Saturday has sparked an Ontario election call and is forcing Ontario’s