Trump's tariffs will not hit export companies with the feared force, estimates the CEO of the North Karelia Chamber of Commerce

Many Eastern Finnish export companies have no competitors in the United States. Junttan, a Kuopio-based manufacturer of piling machines, passes on the tariffs to its prices.

Local export companies are both excited and worried about how Trump's tariff regime will play out. The greatest excitement, however, is related to how Norway will be affected by a possible strong tariff response from the EU.