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Farmers fear more damage from U.S.-Canada trade fight

NPR | By Kirk Siegler
Published September 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM MDT

The Trump administration's escalating trade war with one of the U.S.'s closest allies, Canada, is causing economic anxiety in rural border states like Montana, which counts Canada as its main export market.

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Kirk Siegler
As a correspondent on NPR's national desk, Kirk Siegler covers rural life, culture and politics from his base in Boise, Idaho.