1/2 @tannernau15 is a reporting fellow at @nro, a former editorial fellow at @thefp, and a @FreeConTalk signatory. In a recent National Review piece, Nau reported on a new @americanfreedom paper chronicling the cost of the Trump administration’s taxes on imports from Canada and their ineffectiveness as a tool for strengthening America’s manufacturing sector. The study compared the year before tariffs (March 2024 to February 2025) with the latest year of trade data (July 2025 to June 2026) and concluded that manufacturing rose by just 0.4%. “Although imports from Canada fell, the United States turned to imports from other trading partners rather than spurring domestic manufacturing,” the report found. “The U.S.-Canada trade war has not just resulted in a shifting of the North American economic order,” Nau continued, “but has produced tremors in this year’s midterm elections, becoming an issue in key battleground states like Michigan and Maine. “The National Taxpayers Union Foundation estimates that the tariffs levied against Canadian imports cost the state an estimated $23 billion, and $5,619 per Michigan household, the largest per-household cost in the nation.”