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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
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Did no one watch “How It’s Made?” That’s the show that informed me that we don’t even make fucking gum in this country… It’s all made in Canada! Everything!
It's the amount of stuff made in the US that relies on stuff made in Canada that will surprise you. Quebec is a huge aluminium producer, 90% of it is sold to US based factories!
As an American that works in manufacturing I cannot express how fucking obviously bad of an idea this was. Like if you make anything remotely complicated or anything that goes into something that is you have to ship to and from Canada and Mexico on the regular.
The plus side is, this is going to make Canada have a massive boom in manufacturing since they aren't picking a fight with the rest of the world, and so they may find themselves needing skilled manufacturing labor.
Or Canada will make a good deal with the EU.
If I'm not mistaken on average US cars require 6 border crossings for assembly...
Yeah that's an industry I have some experience in and it sounds low actually. Polymers can be made anywhere from China or Japan to Canada, and there are more distinct polymers than you think in cars. Then aluminum is from Canada. Steel is from Canada, Japan, or America. If it's sewn you bet your ass that happened in Mexico at the closest. Then plenty of components are assembled in the great lakes region, regardless of borders.
Oh and the heavy machines can come from all over as well. That's an area America excels at, we're a superpower built on engineering capabilities. But you know who else is great at building heavy machinery? Germany, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Canada, and even Czechia…
We do a ton of manufacturing and resource extraction in America, but supply chains are global
I meant from Canada to the US only, sorry if that wasn't clear