It takes nerves of steel to be a manufacturer these days. Costs and prices now hinge on the whims of a president who treats import duties as if they were a source of external revenue rather than a tax paid by Americans — and uses them as leverage to strong-arm companies into bringing production back to the United States.
And if you’re a North American player with operations on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, you’re also juggling split allegiances. Like someone who has dual citizenship, you’ve always known which flag to wave depending on where you’ve stood — no need to choose sides, only to protect your interests on both.
That’s no longer so easy.
