Matthew Lau: Trump’s tariff beatings against Americans will continue until morale improves

In Canada, government imposes punitive taxes or prohibitions on Canadian consumers, including of dairy, alcohol products from the U.S. (the sales of which are banned in some provinces), and cars. In a supposed effort to induce the Canadian federal and provincial governments to curtail these punitive policies, Donald Trump has just proposed to raise punitive taxes on American consumers, notably through a new 50 per cent tariff on those who buy paper products, […]