The overwhelming majority of Colorado businesses surveyed for a new state report on tariffs said the effects of the import taxes have been negative, with the financial impacts followed by the uncertainty created by changing trade policies cited as the biggest challenges.

The findings released on Nov. 21 are a follow-up to a report issued in September by the Colorado Office of State Planning and Budgeting . The latest look at the impacts of tariffs on Colorado businesses found that 86% of the businesses view the tariffs levied this year as challenges and only 14% see them as beneficial.

State agencies interviewed farmers and ranchers as well as businesses across several sectors: aerospace, construction, technology, retail, bioscience, energy and manufacturing. The report was coordinat

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