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minus-square@wildbus8979link4•25 days agoCanada might have manufacturing, but it doesn’t have its own brands anymore because of the aforementioned reasons. Meaning the bulk of the profits are still sent out if the country.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•25 days agoAustralia has some brands like Holden but they are just subsidiaries of US companies.
minus-squareSmuuthbranelinkEnglish2•25 days agoBrands mean squat. If you have no manufacturing, you have zero reason to implement tariffs.
minus-square@wildbus8979link2•25 days agoBrands mean headquarters means profits returning to that country. But it’s all moot because Canada owned the brands AND was manufacturing.
Canada might have manufacturing, but it doesn’t have its own brands anymore because of the aforementioned reasons. Meaning the bulk of the profits are still sent out if the country.
Australia has some brands like Holden but they are just subsidiaries of US companies.
Brands mean squat. If you have no manufacturing, you have zero reason to implement tariffs.
Brands mean headquarters means profits returning to that country. But it’s all moot because Canada owned the brands AND was manufacturing.