Alaska House asks for cooldown in Trump-triggered US-Canada trade dispute [Video]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war, according to the Alaska Beacon.

In a 33-4 vote Monday, the House approved a resolution saying that state lawmakers oppose “restrictive trade measures or tolls that would harm the unique relationship between Canada and Alaska or negatively affect our integrated economies.”

If approved by the Alaska Senate, the resolution would be sent to national officials in both the United States and Canada.

Monday’s vote comes amid continued threats by the Trump administration against the government of Canada, including claims that Canada should be “the 51st state.”

The Trump administration has prepared a large number of tariffs against Canadian imports, and the Canadian government has preemptively enacted retaliatory measures.

In British Columbia, the government has introduced legislation that could lead to tolls on traffic traveling between Alaska and the Lower 48.

“In a time when there’s much global uncertainty, Alaska is …