Canada to Drop Many Counter-Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump
Canada to Drop Many Counter-Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump
www.bloomberg.com
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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I think this is a mistake by Carney, Trump will just see it as Canadians being weak and double down and expand on his tariffs.
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DST backdown certainly didn't win anything. Coming right after phone call has some promise to be prelude to US backdown, but that better be what happens.
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Carney the Capitulating Capitalist...
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Jesus Fuck Carney. I’m not happy with how you’re rolling over for Trump. So much for standing up for Canadians.
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We're only dropping counter-tariffs on items that comply with the CUSMA, which are also exempt from Trump's broad tariffs. That seems reasonable.
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Boycott liberals and conservatives. They roll over easy for America.
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I'd like to think that is part of Carney's calculation in this. If most of us aren't buying American stuff anyway, removing the tariff as a bargaining chip doesn't really change much in practical terms, but it's something that can be used to ask for something else in return
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“We are working on something, we want to be very good to Canada,” Trump told reporters in the White House, adding that he likes Carney “a lot.”
Trump only likes people he can bully. Saying he like Carney "a lot" makes sense given how much he's backed down and fucked Canadians. "Elbows up"? Fuck off Carney. "Head down" is more like it.
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I think Carney is just smart. Trump liking him is good for us. We can still do our part. I am done with the USA and so are many Canadians. Our gov can play nice (called diplomacy) while we boycott the hell out of them. Win-win
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We can boycott them on an individual level, but the real money is from industry buying massive quantities of things. They use them to make things and we never know where it came from. We don't need the tariffs to keep Canadian people from buying American. We need it to stop corporations from doing it.
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Why give the new southern dictator concessions? Let's talk embargo instead?!
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Remember, the same reasons we're critical of Trump's tariffs (just hurts your own economy, ends up as just an extra tax on consumers) apply to our counter tariffs. I want to punish the US for their actions, but were the tariffs even helping us?
I think the rhetoric we're hearing from Trump is a sign that we're going to get a good deal. But I do think any "good" deal with Trump will be a net negative and it will be a long 4 years.
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I don’t want to trade with the US at all, they can make tariffs on both sides 500% for all I care.
The economy won’t rebuild without the US unless we get rid of trading with the US.
As far as I’ll go is anyone transporting goods across the border should be found guilty of treason.
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Yeah wtf
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To repeat from the deleted thread: on CUSMA goods, because the US quietly dropped the same on their end a week ago.
I'll let people decide for themselves if that's pitchfork-worthy.