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Laws create absurd situations. In Canada, it was cheaper for pizza companies to buy cheese with pepperoni from the US than buy cheese here. https://www.better

• ppeetteerr 6y ago
  I hope we can one day talk about cheese on HN. That entire industry survives on tariffs and government handouts.
  • MattGaiser 6y ago
    I think it does in every country.
    • Glawen 6y ago
      tarifs don't matter in France. Why would i buy a foreign cheese if I don't like it, even if it is cheaper? e.g. I rarely buy gouda because I find it less tasty than a comté or tome, but it is foreign and cheaper!
• belval 6y ago
  "The cheese in the kits should be classified as a dairy product and be subject to the 245.5 per cent tariff for cheese products that are subject to duties" I knew we were subsidizing the dairy industry in Canada but this is an insanely high tariff.
• munificent 6y ago
  In the US, imported Ford Transit vans go through customs, and then the rear seats, seat belts, and windows are torn out. All to avoid a tarriff instituted by Johnson in the 60s to retaliate against Europe for instilling tarriffs to avoid the US dumping cheap chickens on them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-strange-case-of-fords-attempt-to-avoid-thechicken-tax/2018/07/06/643624fa-796a-11e8-8df3-007495a78738_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-strange-...