The above replier gives me similar vibes to USians saying “I dont like trump but canada has been ripping the US off”. No, it hasn’t. Its been the opposite since forever. From invasions in the early days to softwood lumber tariffs and now a trade war. US exceptionalism is a hell of a drug.
Canada didn’t wholly abandon domestic industry like the US did. All these years later (and covid) the US is starting to realize just what they lost and how difficult it would be to get it back.
They didn’t rip anyone off, the captains of industry chose cheaper places to innovate.
The above replier gives me similar vibes to USians saying “I dont like trump but canada has been ripping the US off”. No, it hasn’t. Its been the opposite since forever. From invasions in the early days to softwood lumber tariffs and now a trade war. US exceptionalism is a hell of a drug.
Canada didn’t wholly abandon domestic industry like the US did. All these years later (and covid) the US is starting to realize just what they lost and how difficult it would be to get it back.
They didn’t rip anyone off, the captains of industry chose cheaper places to innovate.
You’re conflating two separate things. US trade deals were very favorable for the US for a long time
US industries off-shored much of the production, leading to a decline in US industry
Both things are true and largely unrelated
Oh, my bad. I was really just talking about near and off shoring. I don’t honestly know much about trade deals.
I know the US gets a lot of goods from Canada and Mexico and just assumed it was because it was closer than other trading partners.