A small Washington state border town is paying an economic toll for Trump’s trade war with Canada

Point Roberts, Washington – Washington’s Point Roberts cannot have any city in the United States as Canadian as the Canadian.

“I would say that our 90% of our business Canadians are driven,” Saltwater Cafe said Tamara Hansen said é

On this special April, the saline water was completely empty at the height of lunch.

“This is not normal, no one is sitting on the restaurant,” said Hansen. ”

Nothing is normal Point Roberts in these days, which are located about 25 miles south of Vancouver in British Colombia, located in the southern part of the Taswasen Peninsula. You have to go through Canada to reach the only American city, residents and business owners have been caught in the middle of the political and economic struggle that they have completely cut off.

“I can’t even remember a time when the shelves ever looked like that, never even during Covid,” his shipping delivery service was empty shelves of the shelves of the Service, which he opened two decades ago. He is a fifth generation resident of Point Roberts.

Calder says that Canadian customers are “huge” to the business of Roberts.

“If this is not for the Canadians, the point Roberts will literally be the city of Western ghosts,” Calder said.

About 1,200 residents of the city are dual citizens. Border crossings from Canada to Point Roberts have decreased considerablely, and local residents have referred to President Trump’s recent speech as a major cause. That lecture includes the President Statement About his desire to see Canada becomes the 51st USAAnd his administration Tariff Canadian products are not covered by US-Mexico-Canada trade agreementThe

Calder says that it was Mr. Trump’s “generally mentioned in Canada” that he believed that Canada had contributed to the decline of visitors.

“Then it turned into people, ‘Well, what do you know, we’re not coming back for four years.’ And it was a big eye opener, “said Calder.

When his business declined by 75% in March, the Calder decided to close its door permanently. Despite the decline in Hansen’s business, he has been open to Saltwater Cafe.

“How do we go as a community?” Hansen asked.

Hansen believes that even if the President reverses tariffs in Canada, faith can be difficult to restore.

“I think it will take some time, you know? Faith is gone.”