Exusia
This was posted elsewhere but it's relevant to mention the US already stated it would sell inferior versions of jets. Im sure these countries realised the current US mentality of "why stop there" and will probably cost cut further - lesser quality munitions and firearms, land vehicles, specialty fuels, etc.
Also in the face of tariffs and regular insults, being less inclined to purchase from someone increasingly hostile to them. This isn't "out of the blue", it's the response step.
They don't have to process customers if they're fulfilling "a dealership in the US has asked for 5 of our triple motors in red" They're filing a transfer and then listing it as if "we sold 5 cars" to bump numbers
That's what I'm asking if they can do, illicit, to try and make it look like they're making sales
Could they be inflating it using internarional order fulfillment/ shuffling cars to other dealerships? A dealership in idk India wants a Model X with a specific trim and motors, so they pack and ship,and count it as sold from these 4 Canadian inventories? Also moving them to the US for sales since they're not selling well internationally?
Im under the impression most of the US uses metric when it comes to interacting intenationally. It's just the "last mile" type labeling for shelves that's converted. I.e. Lowes orders 1524 meters of lumber cut into 30.48 meter boards from international shipping which looks like a weird order but on the shelves turns into 5000 feet of 100 foot boards.