quotas

March 02, 2018

Canada has tariffs and quotas on imported cheese, which results in higher prices and limited availability. So some Canadians resort to cheese smuggling.

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quotas

What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.

Another time in history that the US created travel bans — against Italians

A French take on affirmative action relies on geography, not race