>> I don’t consider it foolish <<
When the Canadian gov’t puts tariffs on products from the USA, the GOC is forcing its own citizens to pay more for those products. Any such action hurts Canadian citizens.
So when the GOC harms Canadians by raising certain prices, the USG then should punish Canada by making Americans pay more for Canadian products.
OK. Now I get it. Perfectly reasonable. That’ll teach ‘em!
All prices in any country are inflated by the income tax burden, too.
Income tax burdens are far, far higher than that of tariffs.