The escalating trade war with Canada is straining commerce between Pennsylvania and its largest trading partner, leaving many local products caught in the crossfire, write Andrew Seidman and Lizzie Mulvey for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Keystone State imports over $14.2 billion worth of Canadian goods annually, most of which were hit with President Donald Trump’s 25 percent levies earlier this month.

The tax on some imports was paused after the stock market plunged before another set of 25 percent tariffs was put on foreign steel and aluminum, including from Canada.

That resulted in retaliatory 25 percent levies from our northern neighbor on $20.6 billion worth of U.S. goods, including metals, computers, and tools. That is in addition to earlier tariffs Canada announced in response to Trump’s initial levies on goods such as orange juice, coffee, and motorcycles.

These tariffs could impact more than $2 billion worth of Pennsylvania exports to Canada.

Pennsylvania products that could be most impacted this year under Canada’s new tariffs include motorcycles and mopeds ($130.5M), chocolate and other cocoa products ($117.6M), coffee ($95.4M), gold and gold-plated with platinum ($88.9M), beauty and make-up preparations ($67.5M), and many others.

Read more about how the escalating trade war is straining commerce between Pennsylvania and Canada in The Philadelphia Inquirer.