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This hasn't made the news anywhere, but if you know a small business in Canada right now that ships to the US, they are actually getting crushed by the border between Canada-USA being in absolute chaos.

Tons of trucks are being sent back. Packages denied.
This is absolute hell. Much worse now than anytime since the whole tariff situation started.

Outside of the logistics and ecommerce circles, pure silence, nobody knows

In 2020, COVID caused a worldwide supply chain disruption that took years to stabilize and led to worldwide (let me repeat - worldwide) inflation as all of the components (from raw materials to finished goods) had to be re-established.

Now we're about to go through the same thing again. But this time, it's not due to a natural pandemic. No, this is being intentionally caused by a single man who is really, really bad at math and the millions who cheer him on.

The beauty the US will be in a few weeks or months.

By telling everyone tariffs will go down but not yet, every company out there is incentivized to hold on their shipments.
Then once he finally caves, it will be congestion.

Stock shortages covid style are on their way!