Senator Susan Collins calls for end to Northern Border State of Emergency | Local News [Video]

STATEWIDE — Senator Susan Collins took to the Senate floor to join with Virginia Senator Tim Kaine in pushing to overturn the emergency declaration for the Northern Border that is being used to impose tariffs on Canadian goods. 

Senator Collins argued in her comments that Maine’s economy is deeply integrated with Canada, and that in fact they are Maine’s closest trading partner. Because Mainers rely on that trading relationship in multiple sectors, from home heating oil and tourism to forest products, farming and the lobster industry, Collins argued the tariffs impacts would be detrimental to Maine families and local economies. 

She also argued that while it is important to stem the flow of fentanyl into the country, she said in fiscal year 2024 less than one percent of fentanyl seizures occurred at the northern border.

“Maine families benefit from more than 900 billion in goods and services that are exchanged …