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ban on certain imports of Canadian dairy and automotive products is now in motion, placing two cross-border trade categories directly in focus.
The immediate question the tape is sorting out is what "certain" covers, because the answer determines whether this is targeted pressure or a broader structural shift in how the two countries manage bilateral trade.
Dairy and automotive sit in different parts of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship and do not share the same structural risk.
Automotive production between the two countries runs through supply chains where components move across the border repeatedly before a finished vehicle is complete.
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