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Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers called for an end to the \u201ctariff war\u201d with Canada in a new campaign advertisement released Wednesday, another break from the Trump administration weeks before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n
Rogers\u2019 ad comes as Republican campaign groups across the country have entered triage mode<\/a> in an effort to salvage GOP control in an unfavorable political environment.<\/p>\n \u201cHere in Michigan, we know that Canada is not our enemy. We need to end this tariff war now,\u201d Rogers said in the advertisement<\/a>, which is part of a coordinated spend between his campaign at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cas Michigan\u2019s senator, I\u2019ll bring both parties together to lower your prices.\u201d<\/p>\n Each year, Michigan does roughly $80 billion in trade with Canada, according to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n The new video comes weeks after he put out another advertisement<\/a> breaking with President Donald Trump, publicly calling for the war with Iran to end \u201cquickly.\u201d<\/p>\n In both commercials, Rogers said that prices are too high and neither mentioned the president by name.<\/p>\n The latest ad is a shift from his previous positioning on trade with Canada.<\/p>\n Last month, Rogers said that some of the tariffs<\/a> imposed on Canadian goods are needed, as the state\u2019s manufacturing sector has been gutted by cheap foreign imports in the past.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump is right to put America first \u2014 and tariffs are necessary, but are not a one-size-fits-all solution,\u201d Rogers previously said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n But, he also said he has the pull to end the trade war threatening Michigan.<\/p>\n The White House, along with Rogers\u2019 and Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaigns, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n