US President Donald Trump’s ham-fisted tariff policies have prompted a range of responses including consumer boycotts of American products.
In Canada, where Trump’s annexation threats triggered a wave of “elbows up” nationalism, the backlash has been intense.
A July survey by Kantar, a global research and consulting company, of consumers in the UK, France and Canada found that the Canucks were far more likely than the British or French to boycott American products, services and travel.
In March, the populist premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, ordered the removal of all US alcohol products from the shelves of the outlets of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
This has become a Canadian trend, and it caught the attention of Ivan Meyer, the Western Cape’s MEC for agriculture.
“When I saw the citizens of Canada remove wine from the shelves because of the Trump tariffs against Canada, something triggered me,” Meyer, pointing to his head, told Daily Maverick after a Nedbank round table discussion on the sidelines of the Cape Nampo agricultural fair in Bredasdorp.
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