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JAY GOLDBERG: Mad at Trump? Cut taxes, don’t raise them

The government of Canada itself recognizes removing internal Canadian trade barriers could boost Canada’s economy by up to $210B, because interprovincial trade restrictions act as a national tariff equivalent to roughly 9%.

High-stakes talks between the Carney government and the Trump administration fell apart last weekend. As a result, the United States has imposed billions of dollars of tariffs on Canadian goods entering the U.S.

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