Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Mike Powell
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 09:38:02

-=> Mike Powell wrote to ROB MCCART <=-

 MP> I meant that Canada, if they mean business, should start tariffing
 MP> American made autos.  There are a bunch of "red states" that make
 MP> those, including the states that went red just for this election.

 A friend of mine in Toronto sent me a picture of a coffee shop menu
 with a drink called a "Canadiano".   :)

 > I suppose if we were smart we would just start buying just vehicles that
 > we make in Canada to avoid the tariffs altogether. I'd have to check
 > but obviously the variety of vehicles available that way would not be
 > very wide, which would obviously be a problem. More likely a lot of
 > people will put off buying new cars longer than usual in the hopes that
 > once Trump is gone this crap will come to an end.

 MP> Funny because supposedly, per those defending the tariffs, part of the
 MP> reasoning behind them was that we are importing too many "American"
 MP> cars from Canada.  ;)

 In my limited time in Canada recently, it seemed like most of the cars
 were Japanese/Korean, with older American cars in the mix. Mind you,
 this was BC where it's easier to get imported cars from the east
 without having to transport them across provinces.

 Back in Detroit's heyday, it must have been convenient being right
 across the border - I remember reading about Canadian-branded GM cars
 in the 1980s. Now, with American cars being built everywhere, not so
 much.



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