Tariffs Could Bring Canada Auto "To Its Knees"
trade_policyNorth AmericaBloomberg28 Aug, 21:17 UTC
Context
President Trump vowed this week to hike tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel to 50% at the start of next year as part of an ongoing trade war threat with the country. Linda Hasenfratz, Executive Chair of Linamar, says that after decades of free trade in automotives between he US and Canada, the implementation of such high tariffs would "cripple the industry." (Source: Bloomberg)
What it means
Causal chain
No clear market signal
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- the event's market impact, 1–5
- Direction
- ↑ / ↓ likely price move for the asset
- Exp. move
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- Conviction
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