U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products

[Swede]

As a Canadian, I wish there was a way to punish the MAGA dolts, without the collateral damage of all you good folks down there.

A dramatic reshuffling of Canada’s retail shelves illustrates the impact of patriotic consumerism in Canada, which imported nearly US$350 billion of products from the United States in 2024, making it its largest trading partner.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s jabs to annex Canada, the imposition of a 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminum from Canada and threats to tax all other imports from the country have prompted a rallying cry among many Canadian shoppers to eschew U.S.-made products.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11106170/buy-canadian-us-companies-impact-canada-retailers/

[Skittles]

1. as long as Canadians know a lot of us despise Trump too

we're good, you do what you have to do

[TommyT139]

2. It sucks, true...

But my opinion is that you up there have leverage we don't; at the same time, giving jn to him will just encourage him to take more power.

Since it's going to suck either way, the sooner the better.

[Mike 03]

3. Good article. Here's a few more paragraphs...

A source familiar with California’s citrus fruit exports told Reuters in early March that Canadian retailers have canceled their orders.

GT’s Living Foods, based in Los Angeles, California, and known for its Synergy kombucha products, said retailers in Canada, including Walmart, have been placing orders for fewer products because of tariff uncertainty.

“The distributors for Walmart Canada, Loblaw’s, Metro and Sobey’s told us they will buy one truck instead of two trucks of products, because retailers are being cautious and they are waiting to see how this (tariff situation) will play out,” said Daniel Bukowski, who managed the accounts of these retailers for GT’s Living Foods and was senior vice president of sales until mid-March.

Walmart said it “will continue to work closely with suppliers to find the best way forward during these uncertain times.”

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Likely my last discretionary purchase before the tariffs go into effect was a pair of Canadian-made and branded trail running shoes that I expect will go up in price next week. Interestingly, the shoes are manufactured in China and finished and sold in Canada--I don't know how that will work. Will something like that be tariffed twice?

I wanted to leave a little comment apologizing for our President and expressing my desire to buy Canadian products as a little bit of atonement. (Maybe it's futile, but I am really trying to reach out when I communicate with people from Canada and Europe and try to maintain some level of humanity so they know we are not all monsters like Trump.)