Failing marriage: Canadian border cities dismayed by US trade rift [Video]

Canadian border cities were left saddened and angered on Sunday over US President Donald Trump’s move to impose steep tariffs, with the mayor of Sarnia, Ontario likening the rift to a “failing marriage.”

The city of 85,000 across the border from Port Huron, Michigan is an energy hub with 26 transnational oil and gas pipelines.

Residents of both cities for more than a century helped each other out, for example, if a fire broke out. They jointly held hockey tournaments, the last one just two weeks ago.

Their economies are very integrated and personal bonds run deep, Sarnia mayor Mike Bradley told AFP.

“But it all seems to be coming to an end. And it does not appear that we’re going to be able to resurrect that relationship in the future,” he said.

Trump on Saturday signed off on a 25-percent tariff on all Canadian imports except energy, which will …