With the midterm elections now less than a month away, Republicans are finding it more difficult to hide from the obvious consequences of the Trump administration's trade policies—and some are publicly challenging the tariffs.
That's especially true in states along America's northern border, where trade with Canada has long been a key part of the local economy. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada—which includes a 50 percent tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods, as well as an outright import ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy products—is putting GOP candidates in the awkward position of trying to highlight their limited attempts at curbing the administration's tariff-hiking policies.
