CLAY COUNTY, Mo. — The Kansas City metro's economy is at a greater risk than other parts of the country when it comes to a trade war, according to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.  The chamber's report says the metro relies more on exports to Canada than nearly every other city in the United States. The only other American metros that will be more impacted by a U.S.-Canada trade war, according to the chamber, are San Antonio, TX and Detroit, MI. Workers from the Ford Assembly Plant wouldn't speak to FOX4 on camera, but the American Automakers Policy Council – an entity out of Washington, D.C. that represents them – released a statement. Its President is former Republican Governor of Missouri Matt Blunt.  "U.S. Automakers are committed to President Trump's vision of increasing automotive production and jobs in the U.S. and will continue to work with the Administration on durable policies that help Americans," Blunt said Wednesday. "In particular, it is critical that tariffs are implemented in a way that avoids raising prices for consumers and that preserves the competitiveness of the integrated North American automotive sector that has been a key success of the President's USMCA agreement." With Ford assembly plants in Claycomo, Missouri, and Pleasant Valley, Missouri, right across 69 Highway, City Administrator David Slater spoke Friday about the impact the plant has on the metro. "You've got 8,200 people working across the highway," Slater said in an interview with FOX4. "Each job counts for seven jobs, so you're talking about over 50,000 people that could be affected by this." On Thursday, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce released its study on U.S. cities who will feel the most pain from Trump's tariffs. The Kansas City metro is at the top of that list. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce's Principal Economist Andrew DiCapua said our metro sent $4 billion worth of exports to Canada in 2023, mostly in automotive trade. He added that a car will move between the U.S., Mexico and Canadian borders up to eight times before final assembly. "You look at where the automotive assembly plant suppliers are, it's not just in Detroit, right?" DiCapua said in a Zoom interview with FOX4 on Friday. "It's not just in the rust belt states. It's all across the country, in Kentucky, of course Missouri [and] down in Texas more so. So the supply chain on the auto side is much more geographically diverse than one would have thought." General Motors (GM) has an assembly center outside of St. Louis and another in Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). The United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 31 represents GM workers at the Fairfax Assembly Plant in KCK. "UAW Local 31 welcomes any policies that encourage the growth of Union jobs in the KC-Metro area and across the country," UAW Local 31 President Dontay Wilson said in a statement sent to FOX4 on Friday. "The UAW Local 31 looks forward to growing the American working class, and we are willing to work with any person, party or organization that supports labor in a real tangible way. "As we continue to navigate the retooling of our plant in anticipation of the new product(s), we obviously know the strife of layoffs and job disruption. Although the next stages regarding tariffs are not necessarily clear, we are hopeful that many more jobs with a livable wage and dignified benefits are on the horizon for Fairfax Assembly." The UAW Local 249, representing Ford workers in Clay County, wouldn't comment Friday. The Canadian Chamber's analysis was completed before President Donald Trump announced the additional 25% tariffs on imported autos and parts. Those tariffs are scheduled to take effect Thursday, April 3. ...read more read less