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Canadians are now using an app ("Maple Scan") to identify American products and identify Canadian alternatives. This would have been unthinkable before; now that it's here, I bet it won't ever go away.
https://maplescan.ca/

I am skeptical that "it won't ever go away" - consumers will look for the best value (price); if foreign products are more expensive they will chose the domestic one; if not they will continue to buy the foreign one.

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