Q&A | Offer no concessions to U.S. ‘bullies,’ says Flavio Volpe 

‘Every day is a new threat by people who only know how to threaten,’ and won’t follow through if Americans ‘rise up,’ says Flavio Volpe, the head of Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association.
Trade insider Flavio Volpe, pictured in 2018, says Americans are the best messengers to tell U.S. President Donald Trump that tariffs are bad for business.

Canada needs to execute “patience” and “discipline” during a trade war against American bullies who see concessions “as a sign of weakness,” says Canada’s lead auto lobbyist Flavio Volpe.

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