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[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I work in international freight and my department focuses on the U.S. - Canadian border. We've been bracing for a decline but so far our volume has been steadily increasing.

I see the documents for every shipment crossing my assigned gateway and it looks like consumer goods are staying at the same volume, but B2B is increasing. So while Canadian consumers are boycotting American goods, industry is reliant on American parts to continue functioning.

I'm assuming the increased volume is a result of companies buying things that they know they will need in the future before the trade war intensifies and those same parts cost them even more.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, that seems like the boom before the bust. I know even personally I've been buying some things before they become hard to get.