On the one hand this is threatening and scary. On the other hand, this is Trump’s way of declaring opening position on a new trade agreement. He’s scrapping the old one he made.
On the other hand, I’d love to see a short trade war, because it hits Trump-loving provinces the hardest. Let leopards eat their faces.
Including auto parts made in Canada and shipped to the US to be installed on made-in-America cars.
The news also prompted a flurry of late-evening phone calls: between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump, and between Trudeau and several provincial premiers, in an effort to defuse the danger to Canada’s economy.
“It was a good discussion and they will stay in touch,” a Canadian official said of the Trudeau-Trump call. The prime minister also spoke with the premiers of Ontario and Quebec.
I wish the other problems facing citizens of Canada were treated with this same kind of urgency from the federal government.
I wish the other problems facing citizens of Canada… Federal government
Day to day problems are rarely handled by the federal government.
You’d need to ask your provincial and municipal governments why they aren’t moving with urgency to help Canadians.
While you’re at it, ask Doug Ford why he hates the people of Ontario.
How is this legal under NAFTA?
NAFTA hasn’t existed for years.
Last time he was in power, he unilaterally tore up the original NAFTA agreement. He’s far more unhinged and unrestrained this time.
I don’t think fascists are big on fair play.
call me a conspiracy theorist however much you want. I still believe that he and his friends such as elon musk will purposefully crash the american economy to be able to purchase stocks at a lower price
No way the guy who made so much money with crypto would do this to the country /s
It’s not just stocks they can buy up houses and land for super cheap and cause an even worse housing crisis
Grift is always the goal
Welp. Time to join the EU.
Absolutely, however it’s done, Canada needs to reduce its trade dependency on the USA.
Canadaabsolutely everyone. The US has went senile.
