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Originally Posted by twitchyzero

protectionist policy is good for our economy
let's get those tar sands to China
say no to US dairy

Make Canada Great Again

Canada's best weapon in a US trade-war: invalidating US pharma patents

https://boingboing.net/2018/06/17/the-pharma-wars.html

First, this is not something we should just lay on the table willy-nilly. This is the trade equivalent of nuclear weapon. However, if Trump hits the auto sector then I'd roll this out immediately. No grace period, no waiting time, no nothing. Within a few minutes of Trump declaring said tariffs on automobiles hit them with this hard, fast, and immediately.

That said, I'd also follow this up (as I said in another post) with allowing Canadian pharmacies to fill US residents' prescriptions as long as they present it to the pharmacist in person. This will have the added benefit of increasing tourism numbers since those people will need to travel here, spend money here on hotels/food/etc, and on the prescription itself.

Now the US could respond by simply confiscating said prescriptions at the border and that's fine. By doing so they are now inconveniencing and aggravating their own citizens which would have a direct impact within the US.

So, this becomes a two-pronged approach. Piss off the LARGE Pharmaceutical lobby by negating their patents AND piss off elderly and ill voters by confiscating their legally purchased prescription medication. Just sit back and watch howls from Congress and the Big Pharma lobby that even Trump won't be able to ignore.