Closure of Canadian border town business attributed to tariff war after operating for decades.

An American parcel company is locking its doors for the last time after 24 years. 

Its owner says President Donald Trump is to blame. 

Operating near the Canadian border, Point to Point Parcel has been catering to cross-border clients since the late 1990s.

However, there has been a noticeable decline in Canadian interest in visiting the United States, with a significant drop of 31.9 percent in vehicular border crossings in March 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

This reduced interest in traveling across the border is primarily attributed to two main factors: dissatisfaction among Canadians with the policies of President Trump, particularly the imposition of tariffs, and a slowdown in vacationing due to concerns about a possible economic downturn.

And that has impacted economic flow for companies like Point to Point Parcel that depended on trade between the two countries. 

‘[During] COVID, you couldn’t cross the border. Now people are choosing not to cross the border,’ the business’ co-owner, Beth Calder, told Fox Business. 

‘Our business could not survive months, let alone four years, without their daily use.’ 

Canadian and American border towns that relied on stable trading relationships are bracing for impact

Point to Point Parcel operated out of one of the most unusual corners of the United States. 

Point Roberts, Washington, is a tiny border town with just over 1,000 residents, perched on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides and Canada to the north. 

Getting to the rest of Washington State means crossing two international borders -once into Canada, and again back into the US.

Calder said a majority of her business came from Canadians who wanted to take advantage of American pricing and consumer products. 

But with Canadians actively avoiding the American border, Point to Point Parcel couldn’t survive. 

‘The government has caused us to lose our business,’ Calder said.

Angry Canadians 

Canadian and American officials have exchanged shocking barbs since President Trump’s inauguration. 

Point Roberts is American territory that is surrounded by water – and a single border with Canada

Citizens in the tiny town have to cross the border twice to get into the US

President Trump has increased his rhetoric, calling Canada the ’51st state’ 

Fewer Canadians have traveled to America – the shift has put small businesses on edge

Trump has consistently called the nation to his north the ’51st state.’ 

‘If people wanted to play the game right, it would be 100 percent certain that they’d become a state,’ he said. 

The US has also slapped the country with a raft of expensive tariffs. 

Vehicle imports from the country have been encountering a 25 percent import tax since early April, as well as a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum. 

Another potential 10 percent tariff on critical minerals, energy and potash has been paused.  

President Trump did leave Canada off the list of countries hit with a reciprocal tariff.  

Canadians have responded with an explosion of nationalistic pride. 

Sales of the Canadian flag have ballooned and polling numbers for the country’s political parties have been on a massive uptick.

And travel to the US has fallen off a cliff.  

The newly minted Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has said Trump’s threats and tariff treatment has amounted to crisis-level breaks in the relationship. 

Carney said the relationship between the two countries, which has been ‘based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over.’