{
  "id": 1727882,
  "title": "'Owners are afraid': New tariffs could cut sales in half for some Canadian businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/owners-are-afraid-new-tariffs-could-cut-sales-in-half-for-some",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Business",
    "slug": "cbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tariff-deadline-small-businesses-brace-9.7310021"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The new slate of tariffs are set to hit a range of industries, ranging from lumber to electronics, manufacturing to dairy. Regardless of the sector, these small business owners fear the new levies will take a massive bite out of their cross-border sales.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}