Kansas businesses hit by Trump's trade war are wooing Canadian customers
Juliet Abdel is meeting with federal and provincial officials, Canadian mayors and officials with the Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail network.
She says Trump's tariffs and Canada's retaliatory tariffs threaten her region's economy.
A man walks past the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., June 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP
Abdel says about 20 per cent of the local workforce relies on international trade and that Kansas trades billions of dollars worth of goods and services with Canada every year.
The state is linked to Canada through agriculture, chemicals, and auto and aerospace manufacturing.
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Abdel says she also wants to find ways to reduce the backlash in her region caused by Canadian consumers shunning American-made goods and avoiding travel south of the border.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 20, 2025.
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