A group of Republican senators voted along with Democrats on Wednesday for a resolution to undo President Trump's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, dealing an embarrassing blow to Trump.

The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate and doesn’t have the force of law, but its 51-48 passage is unwelcome news for the president on the very day he announced a host of new tariffs.

Four Republicans — Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) — voted for the measure.

They voted to express their disapproval of Trump’s tariffs on Canada a few hours after the president announced he would impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports and levy even higher rates on imports from the European Union, China, Vietnam and Japan.

Collins told reporters after the vote that she had serious concerns about Trump’s decision to slap high tariffs on U.S. allies such as Canada.

“In general, one of my biggest concerns is we should be distinguishing between allies and our adversaries and not treating them the same way,” she said.

McConnell made a similar argument after casting his vote.

“With so much at stake globally, the last thing we need is to pick fights with the very friends with whom we should be working with to protect against China’s predatory and unfair trade practices,” he said in a statement.

Murkowski said she did “what I needed to do for Alaska.”

She said her constituents are worried about what Trump’s tariffs “are going to mean for price increases.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) had urged Republican colleagues to vote against the resolution, advising them it was a political gambit by........

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