The WFEA Morning Update

Trade Friction and Tech Strain: Jeff Chidester on US-Canada Disputes & Senator Kennedy’s AI Warning
Trade Friction and Tech Strain: Jeff Chidester on US-Canada Disputes & Senator Kennedy’s AI Warning

WFEA host Jeff Chidester opens The Morning Update with the Wednesday Morning Brief with an analysis of escalating cross-border trade friction between the United States and Canada, exploring the economic fallout for Granite State businesses, regional supply chains, and consumer prices.

Shifting from international trade to domestic infrastructure, Jeff dives into U.S. Senator John Kennedy’s sharp commentary regarding the rapid expansion of AI data centers. The two discuss Kennedy’s calls for greater transparency and his push to prevent tech companies from shifting massive energy costs, heavy water consumption, and taxpayer-subsidized infrastructure bills onto local communities as AI demand surges nationwide.   

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