MITC - Maine International Trade Center
10/02/2026 | Press release | Archived content
Trump’s trade war redraws a border New Brunswick and Maine had learned to ignore
Trump's trade war redraws a border New Brunswick and Maine had learned to ignore
- October 2, 2026
The economies of Maine and New Brunswick have become so intertwined over generations that the effects of the Canada-U.S. trade war are being magnified along the border, raising costs and disrupting supply chains and longstanding business relationships, with the tariffs imposed by both countries testing a regional economy built around the relatively free movement of goods, resources and investment.
New Brunswick accounted for about 20 percent of Maine's exports in 2024, or roughly US$620-million worth of goods, according to the Maine International Trade Center. If the province were an independent country, the trade group said it would be the state's largest international export market. Maine, meanwhile, imported US$4.7-billion worth of goods from Canada that year, roughly 70 percent of everything the state imported.
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