The Canadians and Danes Boycotting American Products – ryan

Determining which products are canadian is not always easy. “Sometimes labeling can be misleading,” adds Mr Brayman.

To help, he now uses an app on his phone that can scan a product’s barcode and identify where it’s from. If the product is identified as American, the app suggests canadian alternatives.

The App, Called Maple Scan, is One of Numerous Emerging in Canada to Help People Shop Local. Others include Buy Canadian, is this Canadian? and shop Canadian.

Maple Scan’s Founder, Sasha Ivanov, Says His App has Had 100,000 Downloads Since It Launched Last Month. He believes the momentum around buying canadian is here to stay.

“Lots of Canadians have told me, ‘I’m not going back’. It’s important that we support local regardless,” He says.

Canadians like Mr Brayman are boycotting American products in response to a raft of import tariffs introduced by Trump. These included tariffs of 25% on all foreign cars, steel and aluminum, and 25% tariffs on other canadian and mexican goods.

Meanwhile, other European Union Exports will get tariffs of 20%, while the uk is facing 10%.

Trump says the tariffs will boost us manufacturing, raise tax revenue and reduce the us trade deficit. However, they have ghosted global markets, which have fallen sharply over the past month.

Trump has even expressed a desire for canada to join us as its 51st state, something the canadian government was quick to strongly reject.

Ottawa has also responded with C $ 60bn ($ 42bn; £ 32bn) in counter tariffs, as well as additional tariffs on the US auto sector.

And there has been a substantial drop in the number of Canadians Traveling to the us., external