Meh.
The best response to unpredictable neighbours: Canada needs to diversify, maintain strong internal unity, and to focus on relentless self-reliance. Canada has goods the world wants. If the US doesn’t want them Canada can and should go elsewhere.
The 50 per cent rate is being imposed in response to what a senior administration official described as Canada’s retaliation against U.S. trade policy and its discrimination against U.S. motor vehicles, dairy and alcohol.
The new rate would apply to a variety of Canadian imports, “ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement,” the official said, adding that the White House will publish a full list of the affected products.
This is Trump’s way to divert the world from the Iran quagmire he got himself into.
The Epstein files.
Eh, I’d say Hanlon’s razor applies quite nicely here (as with pretty much everything Trump causes). The guy is a complete moron that acts entirely without self-control or rationality after all.
Normally I would agree with that position, but in the unique case of Trump, I’m fairly certain it’s actually legitimate malice. Stupid malice, but malice.
and the pdf files
Yep time to get those Epstein files out.
Time to sell us bonds to tank the us borrowing rates
Also time for Canada to recind/ limit any us patents on drugs or copyrights on media to 5 years since initial release.
Maybe repeal anything related to dcma
And why not let’s let Doug ford unplug new York for a few hours every day for shits and giggles
Breaking news: Screaming toddler repeats the same threats he’s made numerous times before.
I think it’s time to start allowing Canadian corn whisky to be called “bourbon”.
This would be so funny, the fit that would cause would be awesome to behold.
If NAFTA ends, so does the special naming. It’s in there.
It’s sold as bourbon style whiskey. Better than that Kentucky turpentine.
So if they’re just openly breaking the agreement, does any legal process automatically happen/become possible on our side, or is it a judgement call from the PMs office again?
Trump. Rapes. Children.
Smoke and mirrors. Don’t look up.
Ok
Toddler having another tantrum.
Anyways…
Trump to hit
CanadaAmericans with new 50% tarrif on Canadian goods.FTFY. Mexico didn’t pay for the wall, Americans did. Canada doesn’t pay the tarrifs, Americans do.
Sure but as prices increase people purchase less Canadian goods, so still hurts us.
Maybe there will be fewer purchases. But only if a few conditions have been met:
- there is an alternative product; and
- buyers can switch to the alternative product; and
- the alternative has characteristics that make it more desirable than the Canadian product once prices rise from tarrifs;
Or
- people can choose to not buy a product at all.
If the Canadian products are still the cheapest (or cheap enough), better enough in some other quality (e.g. not diarrhea inducing?), if buyers are locked into long-term supply agreements, or if people just need the product because there are no alternatives and not buying isn’t an option, then tariffs don’t impact total sales for those products directly.
It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the tarrifed goods against how elastic the demand for them is.
The news media has been failing the American public for a long time now.
along with the education system, the healthcare system, political representation, and the military-industrial complex. It’s like all of those things have been turned against the citizens of the United States.
There’s no wall
Your statement is contrary to factual reality which can be physically verified. Trump built 705 km of new primary barrier in his first term. Biden actually ended up adding to the wall after initially stopping construction. Since Trump’s second term, wall construction has restarted with plans to complete the wall before the end of his term. None of this construction has been financed by Mexico.
The boycotting will continue until … I dunno anymore, maybe it’ll never really stop.
Good. Double it. Triple it. Cut off all trade.
DO IT
Keep going guy. We could use the reminder. Moving trade away from the US needs a lot of pressure to happen to any significant degree.
Move where? They are the biggest economy in the world. Only reason everyone is bending the knee, they don’t want to loose access to the sweet sweet American consumer.
