Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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wrote 4 days ago last edited by Renauda 3 Nov 2025, 22:49
Apparently Nutlick phoned Ford this pm and invited him to Washington on Thursday to see what could be worked out. As a sign of good faith Ford cancelled the 25% surtax on electricity. The Federal Finance Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, and Ford together will attend Thursday’s pow wow in Washington. I suspect Nutlick and possibly Navarro will head the US side. I think the Canadian position will be to keep all threats of tariffs on hold and all parties agree to begin to undertake the formal process to renegotiate CUSMA. This nonsense has got to stop. The sooner the better as well.
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wrote 3 days ago last edited by Renauda 3 Dec 2025, 15:17
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says tariffs are not there to "punish" other countries, but steel and aluminium are "national security concerns" for the US
David Frum would describe the above as a “Trumpsplaining opioid dispenser”.
Others, like myself, describe it more crudely as unmitigated B. S..
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Madman Economic Theory.
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EU retaliates on US imports into Europe:
The EU duties aim for pressure points in the U.S. while minimizing additional damage to Europe. The tariffs — taxes on imports — primarily target Republican-held states, hitting soybeans in House Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana, and also beef and poultry in Kansas and Nebraska. Produce in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia is also on the list.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-europe-trade-retaliaton-1.7481215
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Any American victory with these tariffs will be a pyrrhic one. I hope Trump's ego doesn't get too entangled in a refusal to back down, because that's not good for anybody, least of all America.
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How does one even say pyrrhic?
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Any American victory with these tariffs will be a pyrrhic one. I hope Trump's ego doesn't get too entangled in a refusal to back down, because that's not good for anybody, least of all America.
wrote 3 days ago last edited by@Horace said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Any American victory with these tariffs will be a pyrrhic one. I hope Trump's ego doesn't get too entangled in a refusal to back down, because that's not good for anybody, least of all America.
Agreed. And I’m hoping someone can get him to pull our hand off the hot stove before we disfigure it.
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wrote 3 days ago last edited by Renauda 3 Dec 2025, 20:46
This morning Trumpigula even dunked on the Irish PM that Ireland’s low corporate taxes to attract foreign investment are very unfair to America.
Ireland with a population 5 million, unfair to the US? Give us all fucking break…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrjg1d7z1o
…..Trump playing the victim is not working now and will not work in future
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That’s a matter for Congress anyways. Like tariffs should be.
Interestingly again - Trump was President last time corporate tax rates were set.
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@89th said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
How does one even say pyrrhic?
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Travelers are responding with their wallets. New bookings to the United States from Canada have declined about 20% since February 1 compared with the year-ago period, according to Forward Keys, a flight ticketing data firm.
United Airlines (UAL.O) CEO Scott Kirby said on Tuesday the company has adjusted its capacity due to a big drop in incoming traffic from Canada.
"We've lost a lot of interest in going to the States in general," said Allyson C., 34, from Vancouver, who canceled her family's summer vacation to Washington, D.C., citing the on-again, off-again tariffs and the U.S. exchange rate.
This worries the U.S. travel industry. Inbound travel to the United States is still just 90% of pre-pandemic levels, Geoff Freeman, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, said in an interview.
No other country's residents go to the United States more than Canada, which notched 20.4 million visits in 2024. Canadian travelers also spend three times more on vacations than domestic U.S. travelers, said Freeman.
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The US is going to start requiring visitor registration at Canadian land borders.
U.S. Said to Tell Canada That It Will Enforce a Visitor Registration Law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-canada-registration-immigration.html
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wrote 2 days ago last edited by Renauda
No big deal. It only affects people planning to stay in the US over 30 consecutive days.
Everyone I know has cancelled their travel plans to the US this spring and summer. Those I know who winter in Arizona are now looking elsewhere next winter- Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Trinidad, St. Marie, St. Helena, Malta, Albania, Montenegro, Terra
del Fuego, Port Wenn, Hull, Tromso, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands and Aberdeen with a stop over in Dundee and a capercaillie hunt in Banff. -
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He’s such a cancer.
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Travelers are responding with their wallets. New bookings to the United States from Canada have declined about 20% since February 1 compared with the year-ago period, according to Forward Keys, a flight ticketing data firm.
United Airlines (UAL.O) CEO Scott Kirby said on Tuesday the company has adjusted its capacity due to a big drop in incoming traffic from Canada.
"We've lost a lot of interest in going to the States in general," said Allyson C., 34, from Vancouver, who canceled her family's summer vacation to Washington, D.C., citing the on-again, off-again tariffs and the U.S. exchange rate.
This worries the U.S. travel industry. Inbound travel to the United States is still just 90% of pre-pandemic levels, Geoff Freeman, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, said in an interview.
No other country's residents go to the United States more than Canada, which notched 20.4 million visits in 2024. Canadian travelers also spend three times more on vacations than domestic U.S. travelers, said Freeman.
wrote 2 days ago last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
... Canadian travelers also spend three times more on vacations than domestic U.S. travelers, said Freeman.
This makes me feel sad.
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According to Nutlick, EU and Canadian retaliatory tariffs are disrespectful:
The US commerce secretary says the EU's move to raise tariffs in response to America's own tariffs is "disrespectful".
Speaking to Bloomberg, Howard Lutnick says: "The president has made it crystal clear that he finds this tit-for-tat really abusive and aggravating.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2gprz84rlt?post=asset%3A44b395d7-8a37-43df-b34e-9fdd20a138ff#post
Double down and cosplay the victim. That’s fundamental to the Trumpigula playbook..
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Shorter lines at Disney.
And lower domestic vacation prices.
Can we raise those tariffs again, please?
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Shorter lines at Disney.
And lower domestic vacation prices.
Can we raise those tariffs again, please?
wrote 2 days ago last edited by Renauda@Copper said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Shorter lines at Disney.
And lower domestic vacation prices.
Can we raise those tariffs again, please?
Passive aggression is a tactic of the weak. You seem to relish its use- KathyK did as well and, like yourself, she too was intellectually bankrupt and was called to account on a daily basis. In your case the drive-by snark attack like the one above only illustrates just how frivolous and dim witted the MAGAt Brethren presents itself to the world. No wonder you garner no respect.
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wrote 2 days ago last edited by xenon
He says today he’s not gonna bend, subsidizing Canada for $200B a year and the only way Canada works is as a state.
At what point do you (can you) pull the plug on this guy
Link to video