El-Sayed Cites $5,619 Michigan Tariff Hit as Trump Escalates 50% Canada Trade War
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 28
El-Sayed Cites $5,619 Michigan Tariff Hit as Trump Escalates 50% Canada Trade War
1 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 28
Summary
$5,619 per Michigan household is the figure Abdul El-Sayed seized on, arguing Trump's Canada tariffs are directly raising costs in a key Senate battleground.
A National Taxpayers' Union Foundation study put Michigan's total tariff burden at $23 billion—third behind California and Texas—but highest in the nation on a per-household basis.
The attack lands as Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian autos, parts and steel after trade talks collapsed and Canada answered with dollar-for-dollar retaliation.
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Michigan's open Senate seat, has not made major statements on the Canada tariffs even as they threaten the state's auto industry.
The tariff fight gives Democrats a fresh line of attack in a race where polling shows El-Sayed and Rogers roughly even, with control of the Senate also at stake.
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