In this era of global trade, discuss the legal issues of which both manufacturers and consumers of imported products should be aware.

The issues surrounding liability for defective products becomes more complicated when goods are imported from other legal jurisdictions into Canada. Even though Canada recognizes and enforces the principles of manufacturer's liability for defective goods, the country of manufacture may not. This is more acute where the defective product comes from a lesser developed country where the state of the legal system may be very different from that in Canada or commercial laws may be nonexistent. Even if judgement is obtained in Canada against a foreign manufacturer, the judgement may not be enforceable in the courts of the manufacturer's country.