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CHARLEBOIS: Elbows up, food prices up — until feds quietly backed down

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Bloomberg reported that Canada ’s food industry is now facing fewer counter-tariffs when importing products from the U.S. except for orange juice, coffee and alcohol.

For the food industry and consumers alike, this is welcome news.

The “dollar-for-dollar” tariff response that Trudeau championed was always a high-risk strategy.

The contrast with the United States is stark, despite imposing tariffs on food products from Canada , Mexico and other countries.

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