Thank you very much.
Indeed, your association acted very quickly. From what I can tell, there are a lot of economic sectors and industries affected by this, and you were by far the first to step in and draw attention to it because the order affects you.
So far, the Government of Canada does not seem to be fully aware of the impact of these new tariffs, which, for the first time, no longer comply with the Canada–United States–Mexico Free Trade Agreement. In fact, the U.S. government had committed to and signed a treaty to adhere to agreed-upon rules, but then, indirectly, it ended up no longer respecting them. The Americans say it was to simplify the calculation, that it would have been too complicated to calculate the tariffs, which would go up to 15% and then to 25% on the entire product. By doing this, the effective tariffs skyrocketed. I’m a bit discouraged.
Do you think it’s possible to reach an agreement with the U.S. government to quickly abolish these tariffs?