I don't think Canada will suffer that much. If anything it might get better. I'm not a delusional Trump fan either. I despise the man.
I think he will try to go after the countries that literally take American manufacturing jobs and do it for much less. I.E. vehicle manufacturers moving good paying jobs to Mexico because labor is a lot cheaper and the regulations are lax and easy to manipulate. I have zero sympathy for these countries.
This issue has affected Canada as well. Just the other day I had a conversation with someone in our industry in regards to the Chinese coming over to our trade shows, stealing all our product ideas, going back home and manufacturing them for a tenth of the price, and selling them to Canada again basically bankrupting the original manufacturer.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I do feel our governments should make a bigger effort to try and keep good jobs here instead of signing stupid trade agreements where the middle class loses in the long run.
If bloody Tesla can design, engineer, manufacture and support sales of a bloody brand new idea like the electric car, ALL in North America, it just goes to show there is a way to get it done. We are supposed to be the leaders in automation, robotics, etc, etc and all companies care about is sending jobs overseas to cut labor costs.
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