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Us Canadian Magazine Dispute Case Study

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1.The US-Canadian magazine dispute arose due to the strong desire to protect the Canadian culture. Throughout history, Canada showed a strong sense of its identity and how different it is. We can see that in its preservative attitudes towards foreign cultures, especially towards the US culture. Being a bordering country to the US and the fact that the two countries have a lot in common has made the Canadian government has been worrying about the infiltration of some aspects of the US culture through the importation and exportation of goods and products, especially cultural ones such as books, films, TV shows, etc. However, some argue that this dispute and movement of the Canadian government is not completely driven by the protection of the Canadian culture, they contend that it is also a matter of market competitiveness and that what has …show more content…

This has led Canada to make strict decisions such as applying tariffs on such products. Also, according to international trading laws, governments must treat foreign and domestic corporations identically. With that in mind, if a Canadian company would do the same, I mean publishing a split-run in the US that doesn’t contain enough US content, the latter will impose extra taxes against the Canadian magazine. So, the Canadian Government felt that it has the same right to do so.

3.I think Canadian government has already made it clear that domestic magazines play an important role at showing, deepening, and fortifying the Canadian culture in citizens. This is what made the dominance of US and foreign magazines an important issue for Canada that has to be dealt with. Given that 90% of the Canadian population is concentrated in the border region, US borders, the issue is even more serious. This dispute is driven by the fear that US culture may dominate the Canadian one after decades of attempting to keep its

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