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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I thought the 75% rule was part of the new NAFTA.
Anyways, this buy American thing is why Canadians in general will cheer against their own interests when it comes to American politics. Democrats have historically have been much ####tier compared to Republicans when it comes to trade and protectionism. Trump obviously bucked that trend, but really we gave up almost nothing in the new NAFTA. Obama was pretty terrible for buy American nonsense and Biden is expanding it.
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I thought that was the point of contention and had been negotiated to 50%. You have to be worried when Biden says that Trump didn't do enough for buy America, and basically says hold my beer.
I'm sure the Liberals are sick to their stomachs on this and the unions are going to be outraged especially in raw materials and automotive.
We basically are building EV factories in Ontario that have suddenly seen a massive shrinking of their North American market.
This is the consultation that Biden promised Trudeau, he came out with a very specific program that gets rid of waivers, enforces domestic manufacturing, and removes Canadian aluminum and steel from bids.