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The U.S. & Canada are fighting over tariffs. How is that affecting small businesses?

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,

Daniel Ofman, Tinbete Ermyas

Published August 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM EDT

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Mike Roach and Kim Osgood, owners of Paloma Clothing in Portland, Ore., about how the tariff fight between the U.S. and Canada is affecting their business.

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows.

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