Amazon moved some Canadian sourcing from the US to China to avoid tariffs
Amazon expects package volume in Canada to rise by more than 40% between 2026 and 2029, outpacing its US growth every year, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider.
One of the more striking details is a March planning document recording that Amazon shifted some Canadian direct-import sourcing away from the United States and towards China, in the document’s own words, “to avoid tariffs”, which is a US company routing around US trade policy by buying less American.
The company was still setting out expansion plans in late July, after Donald Trump announced an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian imports on 20 July. Those tariffs, which took effect this month, cover some goods that had qualified for protection under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Amazon’s own view of the risk was documented earlier. In March it assessed the tariff impact as smaller in Canada than in the US because...
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