Gresser said the impact of counter-tariffs could be more profound on smaller states like Iowa, which exports nearly US$2.5 billion in farm and construction equipment every year and sends 38 per cent of that to Canada.
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“Michigan would probably be the single state hit hardest because the auto industry is so important to them economically and psychologically,” said Ed Gresser, vice president at the U.S.-based Progressive Policy Institute think tank. “And Michigan is probably the state most deeply integrated with Canada.”
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Gresser said the impact of counter-tariffs could be more profound on smaller states like Iowa, which exports nearly US$2.5 billion in farm and construction equipment every year and sends 38 per cent of that to Canada.
“Smaller states are often more specialized,” Gresser said. “When something goes wrong for a particular company in a small state, it has real emotional reverberations … if it’s in California or Texas, it may be more like a particular city or a particular region (that is affected).”
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