Jul 4, 2018

Canadians boycott U.S. products citing Trump’s attacks on Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Press Conference. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

With President Trump initiating a trade war with Canada and launching verbal attacks on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian citizens are boycotting U.S. products and trips to the States, reports CTV News.

What they're doing: Canadians have taken to social media with the hashtags #BuyCanadian, #BoycottUSProducts, and #BoycottUSA and are offering tips on how to do their part to defend their country against the Trump administration's actions. The United States exported $207 billion worth of goods to Canada in 2016, per an MIT visualization.

While one Ottawa man proudly tweeted a photo (below) promoting his “Trump-free” grocery cart, others are also "refusing to buy Kentucky bourbon, California wine and Florida oranges, and ignoring major U.S. brands such as Starbucks, Walmart, and McDonald's," per CTV.

The backdrop: Trudeau has called out the United States' tariffs on Canada for being "insulting and unacceptable." Trump hit back on Twitter, deriding Trudeau as “very dishonest and weak.” The two also butt heads during last month's G7 summit.

Meanwhile, Trudeau says Canada has seen a "patriotic boost" as a result of Trump's tariffs on Canada.

What's next: It's unclear what the boycott's impact will be, but if it continues there will most likely be one. Canada is a major player in U.S. exports and has imported a total of $98.9 billion goods through April 2018, according to the Census Bureau.

The bottom line: Between massive retaliatory tariffs and the consumer boycott, the U.S. risks losing its grip on its important Canadian trade pipeline.

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Another 14 passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus during their evacuation from the Diamond Princess cruise ship before being flown in a "specialist containment" area of the plane to the United States, per a Trump administration statement early Monday.

Details: Over 40 Americans who had been on the ship had previously been confirmed as infected and will remain in Japanese hospitals for treatment, NIAID director Anthony Fauci told "Face the Nation" Sunday. The rest were evacuated, and these latest cases were among them. All evacuees will undergo a 14-day quarantine upon arrival later Monday.

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General Motors is retiring its Holden brand from sales in Australia and New Zealand and winding down operations in the two countries and Thailand by 2021, the company confirmed in a statement Monday.

Why it matters: The Holden brand has been in Australia and New Zealand for 160 years, per a GM statement issued in Australia. It is beloved by many motor racing fans down under. Holden produced Australia's first wholly locally made car in 1948.

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In photos: Deadly Storm Dennis lashes U.K., Ireland and western France

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Storm Dennis continued to pummel parts of England, Wales and Ireland over Sunday night with heavy rain after battering Northern Ireland and Scotland, per the official British weather agency the Met Office.

Why it matters: It's the second-strongest nontropical storm ever recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean, with its hurricane-force winds and heavy rains that caused widespread flooding across the U.K., the Washington Post notes. Police in Wales confirmed Sunday they found the body of a man who fell into a river as the storm lashed Ystradgynlais.

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