Contributor: Jacqueline Lotzkar

Jacqueline Lotzkar

Jacqueline Lotzkar is president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI). The groups represents more than 230 member companies in the recycling sector. CARI members process, broker, and consume commodities, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, electronics, paper, rubber, glass, textiles, and plastics.

Op-Ed: Trump tariffs would devastate Canadian recyclers, and hurt the US too

These tariffs would significantly increase costs for American manufacturers that rely on Canadian metals. They would also disrupt supply chains and weaken economic ties that have benefited both nations for decades.