“Buckle up,” Vincent Caron advised.

Because after a tumultuous year of international trade, Caron — he’s the Ontario Chamber of Commerce vice-president of policy — said volatility will likely continue in 2026.

“Next year, there are three things that will happen at the same time. You have the mid-term (U.S. elections) in the fall, you have the renegotiation of CUSMA and you have the … Supreme Court decision on the tariffs,” he said, referring to U.S. court challenges to the legality of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

“It’s going to be a very volatile environment. There are going to be ups and downs.”

Caron was one of several economy and trade experts, as well as business leaders, who spoke at the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce Niagara Economic Summit on Thursday at White

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