Channeling Buoyancy
The big unknown is U.S. future policy, which has everyone hoping for the best, as the real market for many importers and distributors is no longer strictly regional, but spread across multiple borders.
“Having our office in Toronto and doing business at the OFT has its obvious advantages,” points out Dinis. “It allows us to interact on a face-to-face level daily, which always makes things easier. Having said that, we do quite a bit of business outside of Canada as well. This business really has no borders so to speak, and if you’re positioned properly, there are no boundaries.”
“After 39 years in the business, we’ve seen it all,” asserts Yu. “However, the political climate is something that has been a concern, something we’ve had to monitor more so than in years past. But so far, it hasn’t amounted to any major changes in the way we do business.”
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