US EditionTrump tariffs have created an ‘uncomfortable time,’ as many Canadians avoid U.S. and American products
- A group of mayors from Canadian border towns requested government assistance due to economic struggles from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats and anti-Canadian comments, affecting local businesses and tourism.
- The mayors stated that decreased cross-border traffic has negatively impacted their communities, with reports of 26,000 fewer people crossing the New Brunswick-Maine border last month.
- The Border Mayors Alliance urges the federal government to provide targeted financial support and reduce interprovincial trade barriers for affected businesses.
- Mayors emphasize that border communities heavily depend on cross-border travel for economic survival and fear future hostility amidst rising tensions.
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In the face of the US neighbour's commercial attacks, the country's supermarkets are stepping up initiatives to promote nationally stamped products, the precise origin of which, however, is not always very clear.
Trump tariffs have created an ‘uncomfortable time,’ as many Canadians avoid U.S. and American products
PEMBINA, N.D. — Martin Ward, of Winnipeg, and his wife were driving from Canada on a recent weekday to see grandchildren in the United States. If it weren’t for family in the U.S., they say they wouldn’t have crossed the border. Ward and other Canadians — at least according to statistical and anecdotal evidence — have been avoiding trips into the United States in response to a combination of tariffs enacted by the Trump administration and the U.…
Their cafes, convenience stores and hostels depend on going back and forth to the Canada-U.S. border, which has already slowed down, graceful of the Trump administration's commercial war. At the dawn of the summer season, anxiety is palpable in small border cities, which ask governments not to forget them.
The current patriotic burst is likely to be of short duration, many believe.
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