Si le Canada rétorquait, il ne ferait qu'aggraver l'impact sur les producteurs canadiens et, par effet de domino, sur les consommateurs canadiens qui paieraient davantage les marchandises importées, raison pour laquelle il est irrationnel d'adopter des mesures de rétorsion à moins que ce soit le seul moyen d'attirer l'attention du partenaire commercial et qu'on soit certain d'y parvenir.
If Canada were to retaliate, we would simply compound the impact on our Canadian producers, with a further adverse impact on our Canadian consumers, who would be paying more for the goods they were importing, which is why it is irrational to retaliate unless that is the only means by which you can get the other guy's attention and you believe you will get his attention.