Will Trump's Commercial War transform Canada's car art capital into a ghost town?

When asked what their city would be without a car divider, Pauline Ridley and Colleen Barrette, two union officers, quickly answered “a ghost town”.

President Trump's tariff war against Canada has widespread fear in Windsor, Ontario, the country's automatic capital. Much of it has focused on the fate of large vehicle assembly plants.

However, the concern is just as high or higher in the approximately 100 smaller cararations in Windsor and in the surrounding district, in which 9,000 employees are employed. In comparison, about 5,400 people work for the three car factories in Windsor.

Many parts manufacturers are small companies without the financial pillow that the car giant can apply to alleviate the blow from the 25 percent tariffs that Mr. Trump applied for imported cars and some auto parts.

In KB components, in which Ms. Ridley is the chairman of the union, around 100 people are currently being released, so that almost 400 workers in the company's three plants in Windsor form sculpture for Toyota, Ford and the electric vehicle manufacturers Rivian and Lucid remain.