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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Yup you can do that, and its a logical way to proceed, if you can get by the NAFTA rules that are in place.
However, you put a tarriff on lets say food.
The Americans then retaliate by putting a tarriff on Steel products for example.
Then at the end of the day, all food prices have to rise, and peoples budgets get smaller including the minimum wage people.
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I agree, very messy issue.
I don't think granting exemptions on labor standards, essentially using employees well-being and quality of life to subsidize the business, is the way of addressing it though. To each their own I guess.