Higher import taxes (tariffs) on Canadian goods for Americans will increase the price, presumably reducing the amount of these goods that Americans will buy which hurts the Canadian producers. The only thing Canada can really do is hurt American producers in the same way, hence increase tariffs to reduce Canadian consumption of American goods and hurt American producers just as much (or preferably more). Hurting each other is a loss-loss strategy though, which explains why trade wars typically do not have winners only losers…

Over here in the Netherlands that is the case too. Company leased cars come at the cost of a bit of extra taxes (some might say quite a bit), but the boss pays for the car so it’s a great deal nevertheless. My issue remains though: how do normal people afford an EV? It seems that cars in-general, but EVs in particular have beat inflation by quite a bit when it comes to price increases. How are we supposed to afford a decent car? I earn quite a bit more than average in my country, but besides the fortune I spend on my house and groceries (let’s not even mention vacation) I really cannot even afford the tiniest of VW petroleum car, let alone an ID4 EV.

I’d love to buy one aswell, but seriously how are people affording these EVs? At 45k€ this ID4 is just ridiculously expensive expensive for someone like me that has a regular job…

Not sure this is correct though. Of course all these companies are multinationals, but not all of these are American companies. For example Unilever is British and Nestle is Swiss (have not checked them all).