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To: frankw1900 who wrote (609996)	10/4/2016 7:30:46 PM
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On the subject of Trade, free trade and tariffs - I have a personal experience. My family is half Canadian and I went to HS and College in the great white north after we moved there when my Dad retired from the US Air Force. As a result of the background I wound up with a summer cottage up there. Shortly after NAFTA was enacted I bought a ski boat one summer in Ontario. On the ride home (while towing the boat) I stopped at the Customs office at the border to make sure my paperwork was in order. The US Customs folks looked at me like I was an idiot - free trade you know - and waved me on. The next summer while towing the boat (Canadian brand - made in Canada), back to Ontario I was pulled aside and interrogated over the boat. Taking the cover off and showing the Ontario registration was not enough - I had to find my paperwork to prove I had paid the appropriate taxes (GST and PST). The whole process took 2 extra hours at the border. Our Free Trade deals are all pretty one sided. Rather than any 'Tariff' - I would simply enact a reciprocal Import VAT that matched any Export VAT American goods face in trade :-) Wording is everything....

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