Detroit despairs as ‘insanity’ of Trump’s Canada trade war punishes city

<p>Unpopular new policy comes as midterms loom and control of Congress could be decided by several Michigan races</p><p>Every day <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7281466">$1bn</a> worth of goods crosses the river dividing Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, two largely blue-collar US and Canadian cities that have come to act as one in the creation of North America’s auto industry.</p><p>News this week of Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-tariff-increase-trump-auto">escalating trade spat</a> with Canada has everyone worried. Political and economic leaders and observers labeled the move an act of “hubris” , blamed Trump’s “ego”, and called the escalation “insanity”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/trump-canada-trade-war-detroit-michigan">Continue reading...</a>