Target Battleground:
Retaliatory Duty:
25%
Cross-Border Supply Chain Corridor (Canada ↔ Midwestern Battlegrounds)
Active: Michigan Auto Cluster
Export Exposure
$68.2B
Total annual state exports to Canada
Projected Shock
$1.42B
Annualized direct export loss
Vulnerable Jobs
42,600
Auto assembly & parts corridors
Senate Race Margin Impact
-0.84 pts
Incumbent party swing risk (1.4% margin)
Policy Dispute Presets
The Economist Baseline (25%)
2018 CUSMA Dispute Precedent (10%)
Maximum Pressure Counter-Duty (35%)
Targeted Counter-Schedule: Canada zeroes in on automotive corridors in Michigan, heavy manufacturing in Ohio, and agricultural processing in Iowa to trigger asymmetric political pain.
Targeted Sector Exposure
Ranked by Duty Risk
Senate Electoral Transmission
CRITICAL SWING
Electoral pressure model correlates county-level export workforce exposure against previous Senate victory margins.
Prior Win Margin: 1.4%
Projected Margin Shift: -0.84 pts
“Canada’s counter-tariffs are not distributed randomly. By striking precisely at automotive plants in Michigan, machine tool corridors in Ohio, and soybean crushers in Iowa, Ottawa directly threatens senators defending precarious margins.”