Canada Just Aimed 700 Tariffs at the Exact States Trump Needs in November. Here's the Map.

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At 12:01 a.m. on September 8, Canada's counter-tariffs take effect: 15%, 25% and 50% duties on more than 700 American products worth C$27.6 billion, matching Washington's 50% tariffs dollar for dollar. But the list is a map. American cheddar and processed cheese (Wisconsin, Vermont). Washers and dryers (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee). Farm equipment (Iowa, Illinois). Steel and aluminum doubled to 50% (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan). Pulp and paper (Maine, Wisconsin). Seafood (Maine, Alaska, Florida). Canada's industry minister said it plainly: "We are picking products that will target states in the U.S. We're being wise and strategic to put political pressure." Canada is the number one export customer for 27 US states, and the midterms are eight weeks away. In this video: the political science of aiming a tariff, the 2018 list — bourbon, orange juice, Wisconsin toilet paper — that made Trump lift his tariffs eleven months later, Ontario's letter naming eight states for "the full fo

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