Maryland

Maryland's tariff exposure is uniquely shaped by its dual identity as a federal government hub and a mid-Atlantic manufacturing/agricultural state. The defense and intelligence sector centered around Fort Meade, NSA, and Aberdeen Proving Ground provides economic stability, but Maryland's private sector is where tariffs bite. The Port of Baltimore — which handled a record 52 million tons before the Key Bridge collapse disruption — is the nation's top auto import port, and 25% auto tariffs directly threaten the 15,000 port-related jobs processing BMWs, Mercedes, and Subarus. Northrop Grumman's surveillance aircraft and Lockheed Martin's rotary systems in Maryland depend on global components. The state's Eastern Shore agriculture — poultry (the Delmarva region), soybeans, and corn — faces the same retaliatory targeting as neighboring states. Maryland's biotech corridor along I-270 near Bethesda, anchored by NIH proximity, imports laboratory equipment and pharmaceutical ingredients subject to tariffs. The state's proximity to DC means many residents work in trade policy — they study tariff impacts by day and live them by night.