Canada flexes economic muscle as tariff negotiations continue

The “Canadian Store” brand appears at a supermarket entrance in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 4 March 2025.
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Canadians exchange their friendly auctions for a severe sense of nationalism amid the attacks of US President Donald Trump on the country’s trade and sovereignty.
Trump Mostly delay plans Against 25 % of the customs tariffs on Canadian goods and its calls to the country to It becomes an American state The citizens of the northern neighbor of the United States and the main trade partner have rejected. As a result, Canadians rejected US imports and issued other economic sanctions in an extraordinary offer for patriotism.
“It is a truly feeling for most Canadians as we were subjected to background, and that the person we trust more than others is to run us now and attack us without a clear reason,” said Joel Pellet, a professor of economy at international trade at Waterloo University at Ontario. “This is really the unification of people.”
Grocery stores encouraged visitors to “Canadian shopping” with special marks and marks in the alerts that were locally made. A popular group on Facebook focuses on buying Canadian -made goods It was first reported about NBC News Its membership has seen more than twice since early February, when the tariff policy was operated.
The “Canadian Store” brand appears at a supermarket entrance in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 4 March 2025.
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More than 60 % of Canadians have reported to buy fewer American products when shopping either in the store or online, according to reconnaissance From LEGER Market Research to more than 1500 people, it was conducted between March 7 and 10 March. A little more than seven out of 10 said that they increased their purchases of goods that were conducted inside the country, which enjoy the ninth in the world.
Ontario’s alcohol control council went further, With the exception of its members From the request of American alcohol. Since LCBO sells more than one billion dollars in American wines every year, this step is for her The alarm raised For spirit makers in the United States, such as Jack Daniel’s father Bani Foreman.
“This is worse than customs tariffs,” Lawson Whiteing, CEO of Brown Foreman, said in calling the company’s profits in Kentucky this month. “It is literally out of your sales.”
The empty shelves remain with the signs of “Canadian purchase instead” after removing the five five brands in the United States from selling in a winery store BC, as part of the response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff by 25 % on Canadian goods, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 2, 2025.
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Ontario also said it would be implemented An additional cost of 25 % on electricity It was exported to Michigan, Minnesota and New York. But Prime Minister at Ontario Doug Ford said he would do so Temporarily The United States Trade Minister Howard Lootnick agreed to restart the negotiations.
Trump initially responded by calling to raise tariffs on Canadian and aluminum steel to 50 %, but the White House told CNBC that to retreat After the conversation between Lootnick and Ford.
However, the Trump plan now with the high taxes on minerals sets the Union of the United Nations-which represents about 850,000 people in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean-Sea region-at alert. The international president of the University of California, David McClic, said in a March 11 statement that the North America weapons of the International Trade Organization will be done “Fight together” Against the proposed fees, which said that the threat of jobs on both sides of the Canadian -Canadian border.
“reaction”
Even as customs tariff negotiations remain in the flow, traveling to the United States has already achieved great success. Return trips by Canadians from the United States via the car fell about 23 % in February of the same month, according to government statistics.
Government data also showed that the number of Canadians who returned to the country from international sites decreased in February last year, indicating a decline in tourism abroad. This comes Canada Airlines Plans to reduce capacity to heat US sites such as Florida, Arizona and Nevada have announced this month.
Trump’s threats have pushed some cancellation to Wildwoods in New Jersey, a famous destination for travelers from places such as Montreal and Kepeck, according to Bin Rose, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the Great Tourism Authority of Wildods. But he said that these rescue operations were not widely as expected at first. He added that the Canadians are also weighing concerns about the exchange rate.
Air Canada aircraft was seen at the gates at Montréal-Pierre Eliott Trudeau International in Durfal, Quebec, Canada on April 2, 2024.
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In travel offers for consumers in Toronto and Montreal, the Authority received some comments from potential Canadian travelers on how Trump’s plan carried out deterrent fees in America. Rose said that his team states that the uncomfortable Canadians were a welcome destination for them for several decades and provides a unique value as a position at the distance of leadership.
“Some of the rush we got:” You know that we love the Americans, and we know that they love us, but we will see you four years ago. “They cannot communicate with the administration.”
Political and cultural efforts
The Canadian position against Trump’s policies in culture and the media poured out, as the issue captured the country’s interest.
Canadians The screaming of the American national anthem Before the main sports in the league against American teams. during appearance In Saturday Night Live this month, Canadian celebrities wore a shirt reading “Canada not for sale” alongside the red and white flag in the country.
(LR) The music guest, Tate Mcrae, host of Shin Gillis, and the special guest Mike Mayz during the night and credit on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
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The definitions have become a pivotal point in the government of Canada, which witnessed former banker Mark Carne Embrace the title of Prime Minister This month. Carney succeeds Justin Trudeau, who Trump began to refer to “governor” In reference to his hopes of making Canada an American state.
The British Columbia government and the authority operator said it would do so Exclusion Timing Products of some green energy from March 12, a procedure to give “preference” to Canadian -made alternatives. Tesla is managed by CEO Elon Musk, who came Under the fire From critics to lead the controversial government efficiency initiative in Trump.
Pellet Waterloo said that the anger of the Canadians focuses mainly on Trump instead of the Americans in general, which means that personal relations between the citizens of each country are likely to be strengthened as a result. However, he said that American companies should expect Canadians-which were known as a relaxed and polite group that did not think twice shopping in American brands or a south of their borders-for their refusal until Trump retreated.
“This type of response that I have not seen before has sparked.” “Canadians are not essentially nationalists, but this is a kind of descending at the heart of the ordinary Canadian.”
– This report contributed to this report.
Disclosure: Saturday Night Live Part of NBCunivesal, which also owns CNBC.
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2025-03-16 11:12:00