Fort Kent, United States, Oct 26, 2026 (AFP) - Maine logging, cross-border ties whipsawed by US-Canada tariff war

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2026-10-26

In the heat of US midterm elections, President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada -- and Ottawa's retaliation -- have taken center stage in timber-producing Maine, walloped by the economic fallout perhaps more than any other state. Residents in Maine's frontier towns express worry that the tariffs have also triggered a rupture in cross-border relationships built up over decades, and that the intricate community fabric could take years to repair. "T......

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