I for one agree with this article. I have listened to various Trump advisors as well as Trump himself, and they clearly have no understanding of trade flows and what a VAT is (they consider a VAT on an import to be the same as a tariff). Hopefully someone with knowledge will be allowed a 60 minute presentation to this group to give them knowledge. For our part as Canadians that is up to Ms. Freeland. We will not be spared these policies. Those who think we can easily withstand a 10% disadvantage on our exports to the US are dreaming. Our economy is driven by exports to the US. Our consumption is satisfied by imports from the US and other countries. With less exports will come less imports and a lower standard of living for all of us. Our government must quietly cozy up to this new administration and gently explain the facts of economics to them. For one I encourage the Liberals to get a plan for this most urgently. It is the single biggest threat we are facing right now.