Seems like that is the default course of action when one country is doing a “bad” thing that the US or Europe doesn’t like.
I’ll admit that I don’t really know how that works, or how it’s enforced, or whatever. But could the EU and/or Canada or even China impose sanctions on the US now since the US is doing, um, very bad things?
China have done so a couple of times already, responding to the US putting sanctions on them. That’s what the “rare earth” stuff on the news is about.
Large countries tend to not respond to sanctions the same way than smaller ones. With enough people interested, there are many ways to evade sanctions, and a dynamic economy can always adapt and use different products or services.
Are those sanctions or tariffs you’re talking about? Tariffs and sanctions are two different things