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'Failing marriage': Canadian border cities dismayed by US trade rift

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Sarnia, Ontario , 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.

The US President Donald Trump signed off on Saturday on a 25-percent tariff on all Canadian imports except energy, which will see a 10 percent levy.

"There's just a great sadness," says mayor Mike Bradley of his community, "The anger is deep".

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