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Professor says Canada should block U.S. ambassador while Trump talks annexation (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Ottawa should block Donald Trump’s chosen ambassador to Canada until the U.S. president stops questioning Canada’s sovereignty, says one expert.

“We could potentially use (this) as a way of signalling the seriousness with which the Government of Canada is viewing this unwelcome talk,” said University of Victoria international relations professor Will Greaves.

“It is an overt, aggressive policy that (Trump) seems to be shifting his administration to endorse. And if we are remotely serious as a country, we should regard that as a hostile action and embrace a wider array of tools in our response towards it.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If we sell something to the US, and it gets a tariff applied after the sale but before delivery, it's the receiver that has to pay the tariff,

And those potential buyers don't want to risk that uncertainty.

Would you agree to buy something without knowing if it might randomly cost you 25% more than the agreed price?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but once you sign the contract, you don't have a choice, unless if there's a clause to state that if the import cost changes, you can break the contract. But I strongly doubt most contracts include such a clause. Not that it matters much since as long as the product is delivered, customers are obligated to pay the full cost, including import taxes since they ordered the product in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that uncertainty will be causing customers to delay orders or find other suppliers until thw chaos subsides.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

To that I agree as well. Actually, several companies did that exactly when Trump first went to office and made his original threats. They already stopped taking new orders from the states due to the uncertainty.

That said, it still has no effect on already signed contracts, unless if the customer goes bankrupt while the deal is active or something (entirely possible considering the situation). Otherwise, the reliability of knowing you can renew your contracts is gone, which is why so much of Canadian products are being renegotiated to go to the EU or east Asia instead.