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At the end of the weightless shift, KRISTINA LAMPERT separated the tips with Canadian cash and two Americans.
But a few weeks after that.
The frater, where she works, is one of the first places that people bite after crossing the US-Canadian border between Sarnia and Michigan Port Huron.
Blue Water Bridge, which connects the United States and Canada, is fully seen in the window of the restaurant.
She talks about a Canadian restaurant, “Many people came and said,” We are here. ” “I haven’t heard it recently.”
The border town says US President Donald Trump is almost immediately discovered when US President Donald Trump has begun to impose tariffs on countries around the world. This is because the number of Canadians crossing the border plummeted.
According to CBP data, the border intersection between the United States and Canada has decreased by about 17% since Trump began to bring tariffs.
According to Statistics Canada, Canadian car trips were almost 32% less than March 2024.
Following the 5,525 miles (8,891 km) borders, the economy of Port Huron and Sarnia is connected to each other, and in some ways dependent on each other. Port Huron is a manufacturing city of less than 30,000 people with many retail stores and many retail stores, providing visitors with attractive opportunities for the day.
On a day without traffic, a resident of Sarnia may be in Michigan within a few minutes beyond the border.
Many of these cities faced the first exam when the covid-19 pandemic closed five years ago and the local economy left the reel for 19 months.
Now they have suffered a second economic blow due to Trump’s trade war, and many Canadians are purchasing Canada -Canada -Canadian products and reducing travel to the United States in response to the worn relationship between the two neighbors.
One of the places I feel is in Duto Free in Sarnia, which is the last place to buy goods before leaving Canada and entering the United States. The shelves of perfume and alcohol are fully, and the parking lot is empty after the tariff tension begins.
Barbara Barett, managing director of Frontier Duty Association, says some of Canada’s 32 land border tariffs appear to have decreased 80% since Trump returns to the White House. Most shops have a 50-60% decrease in business.
“We rely 100% on the border travel,” she said about mandatory freedom. “Our shops are often the pillars of this community. The community depends on them.”
Port Huron-Sarnia’s intersection is better than most, but Sarnia’s parking lot is almost empty on Friday.
Tania Lee, who runs the store with his family, says this has become a new standard.
Easter Weekend -It’s one of the busiest things this year when you take a break to stop at the restaurant that Canadians love and go to Port Huron’s church service.
“We are suffering from collateral damage at the border,” Lee said of the second generation family business.
Lee points out that people living in the border city often cross the boundaries several times a week. For example, she has a mailbox in Port Huron’s transportation and regularly visits like her neighbors.
The Anita Ashford market says that people in Blue Water Bridge are also effective.
She was frustrated by the increase in tension between the villagers and the Canadians.
According to the US Travel Association, due to a decrease in Canadian tourism nationwide, the United States costs up to 14,000 jobs and $ 2.1 billion (1.56b).
Michigan is one of the places where you can see the rude of the influence. According to tourism officials, visitors to Canadians in 2023 spent $ 228 million in the state.
This money is essential for border cities such as Port Huron, the market says.
“I want to start to understand what Washington is doing to people,” she says. “We are not responsible for this.
“We need each other,” she says.
