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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada (thebeaverton.com)

submitted 6 months ago by GrymEdm@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.

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[–] makuus@pawb.social 56 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Did no one watch “How It’s Made”?

That’s how I found out what goods are made in Canada.

Like, you know, gum. Fucking bubble gum. The smallest-possible, easiest-to-make, most-ubiquitous thing. Found in every convenience store, drug store, newsstand, and vending machine.

Do we make that in the States? Nooo… we gotta import that shit from our neighbors to the North. Like, do we make anything here?

[–] OmegaSunkey@ani.social 5 points 6 months ago

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