NY contractors brace for 50% Canada tariffs: cement hit could ripple from backyard pools to DOT megaprojects

A day after Trump's 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, Associated General Contractors of NY CEO Mike Elmendorf warned costs "get passed on to the end user" — cement is the pressure point, from home projects to school construction and DOT/OGS megaprojects where overruns are nearly impossible to recoup. The tariffs cover goods previously exempt under USMCA, whose future is uncertain after the U.S. declined to extend the pact at this month's mandatory review. Canada's consul general in NY, Tom Clark, called for negotiation and "predictability." First concrete NY-industry impact assessment of the Jul 20 proclamations; no Blakeman response to the tariffs found yet.