Marketplace examines Canada's new retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, which a historian calls an unprecedented escalation in the two nations' trade relations. The episode also covers small business owners' mixed economic outlook, a cautionary tale of ChatGPT inventing a fake deodorant brand, Monterey Park's community-led model for resisting data center developments, and the surprising comeback of brick-and-mortar bookstores.
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Canada's New Tariffs Escalate Trade War with U.S., Historian Calls It Unprecedented
Canada imposed a range of tariffs on U.S. goods, a move one historian describes as unprecedented in the history of the two countries' trade relationship.