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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, the Canadian bridge caught in a Trumpian trade tantrum,

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  and a tribute to junk art genius Betye Saar.

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  First up, though.

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  Just me and the van and my motorbike.

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  In late July, I was proudly among the first drivers to cross the Gordie Howe Bridge.

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  This is a really beautiful cable-stayed bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan on the US side

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  with Windsor, Ontario in Canada.

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  Annie Crabill is a senior digital editor at The Economist.

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  It was a big deal that it finally opened

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  because the bridge has been in the works for over 14 years.

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  It was meant to symbolize cross-border cooperation.

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  But it has become a symbol of the growing tensions between the two countries.

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  It's named after an ice hockey legend, Gordie Howe.

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  A Canadian who played 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.

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  And he was no stranger to dropping the gloves.

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  Which is sort of fitting because there was a big fight over this bridge.

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  So why does this bridge exist?

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