How this Washington state border town got caught up in Trump’s trade war with Canada

Tamra Hensen has lived in Point Roberts, Washington, for 25 years, and for the majority of that time, she says it has been a wonderful place to live. At just 5 square miles and surrounded by water on three sides, Point Roberts offers easy access to beaches and hiking, and a small-town, relaxing-getaway feel. “It’s beautiful,” she says. 

But the past two months have turned the once-bustling exclave into a “ghost town.” On its fourth side is the Canadian border; Point Roberts sits on the bottom of a Canadian peninsula...