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Originally Posted by gideongallery
export tarrifs are different than import tarrifs in that they increase the cost US, no increasing the cost to canadian consumers
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Lets get down to basics here - since obviously you missed my point:
Canada thinks they are owed $5 bill from the "illegal tariffs" on lumber imports from the US
They have asked the WTO to rule in their favor which it probably will so how do they go about collecting it?
One "suggestion" that was thrown out was placing an import tariff on OJ and wine from the US. The reason it was thrown out is because that would just cause the price for those commodities to be higher for Can. consumers.
The next "suggestion" (and remember these were from former negotiators - not the current people involved) was slapping export tariffs on oil and gas to the US - which also was thrown out by the group and the Alberta government was pissed that it was even suggested as that would hurt that industry - the US would just get their oil and gas somewhere else for cheaper and drop their imports from Canada which is very small in the scheme of things.
Hope that helps