COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Trump administration is putting a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, effective Tuesday. 

Ned Hill, a professor of economic development at The Ohio State University, said the first thing people will notice is the increase in price of food.

“High demand and high margin foods in the winter are largely grown in Mexico. Say goodbye to your avocados, kid,” he said.

Hill said another large impact will be the cost of gasoline from Canada. 

“The reason for that is that’s heavy crude. It takes special refineries to handle it, and guess where they’re located? They’re located in Toledo and they’re in Lima,” he said. 

Hill said many cars have parts made in Mexico and Canada, but he thinks those tariffs will take time for consumers to notice since cars aren’t built overnight. He worries if the tariffs last, they could have a long-term negative impact on the economy.

“Is this going to be enough to trigger a recession? Well, combined with the layoffs in Washington, an increase in deporting labor from the United States and the large tariff increases, I think the probabilities of a recession have increased dramatically,” said Hill.

10TV spoke to people in the Short North who shared concerns about the tariffs.

“It’s a policy that will restrict the growth of the three economies,” said Andres Garrido, a Columbus resident. 

Garrido thinks consumers will pay the price. 

“We know in the short term this will affect US consumers, given raw products that U.S. consumers use is produced in other countries,” he said.

Benton Wishart, another Columbus resident, said he’s most concerned about the cost of gas.

“There’s going to be large implications for oil and gas and raw mineral imports. I know a lot of oil refined comes from Canada,” said Wishart.