barriers to trade

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Tougher intellectual property protection in the U.S. may raise difficult negotiating issues for Canada.


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An estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Canadians work in the U.S. under NAFTA program.


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Sluggish private-sector capital investment in the U.S. is bad news for Canada due to the close trade ties between the countries.


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Changes may discourage Canadian firms from buying cheaper imports from non-U.S. sources.


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China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment.


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We may see the reintroduction of tariffs across a range of products traded between the U.S. and Canada.


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Part of the reason for the Great Depression was the Smoot-Hawley tariff established in 1930.

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For much of the post-World War II period, the U.S. auto industry had an effective oligopoly on U.S. sales—quality plummeted and prices soared.


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Some of Trump’s pledges could increase the competitiveness gap between the U.S. and Canada, particularly on taxes.