The Tariff Thread

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Trudeau announcing counter-tariffs. Bad move. He's playing with fire against a madman. Trump is going to crush us like a bug.

So we should just accept any Tariffs he imposes? This guy should have been shot in the head last year and that guy would have been a hero.

Trump is going to destroy so many people's lives, including those in his own country.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

So we should just accept any Tariffs he imposes? This guy should have been shot in the head last year and that guy would have been a hero.

Trump is going to destroy so many people's lives, including those in his own country.

Oh, it's coming. He won't make it to mid summer.

[Looch City]

If there's any Trump supporters left in Berta after tonight, they should be rounded up and deported to Alabama. Dumb ####s.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

As long as they tariffs are strategic, encourage local spending and aren't placed on products that will severely impact people's livelihoods.

For example I don't think one is going to be ruined by being faced with really expensive bourbon. Well, at least most people..

[Dan02]

I think this would be a good time for Canada and Europe to start looking at breaking up US big tech. The real subsidy here is all entire world giving free access of their population to the big American tech companies, Meta and Google in particular offer very little value but extract plenty of money.

[Bunk]

Trudeau nailed it.

I kind of wish it was stronger, but understand the pragmatic reality of phasing in, and keeping some of our powder dry.

What we really need is the EU, China and others to further isolate and punish the US so it has no choice but to back down. Donald is a maniac, but he has survival instinct. Have to fight with strength.

[fotze2]

Bc Hydro will look at next week for the cold snap for the pacific NW.

[WideReceiver]

For those on Facebook, there is a group called Buy Canadian, Help Our Economy with a great spreadsheet listing Canadian options to American products. Someone put a lot of work into it.

[Reggie Dunlop]

No more concert tours by American musical artists

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Trudeau nailed it.

I kind of wish it was stronger, but understand the pragmatic reality of phasing in, and keeping some of our powder dry.

You gotta save some for when Trump ramps the tariff to 50% next week or the week after. That’s when you go nuclear. You need to be proportional in response so I think Canada and Trudeau did the right thing here.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by OldSam

What does Texas have that we need? Guns? Energy? Drop off, Abbott.

Someone should remind Abbott a very large part of the Texas economy is refining Canadian oil

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I don't think that the vast majority of Americans understand the full extent of what is coming next week. There seems to be surprisingly little news coverage of the tariffs and the impact. It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out down there.

When the US hit steel and aluminum in 2018-2019, Canada retaliated with this list of tarrifs including many types of goods. We hit $16.6 billion of goods.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...-products.html

Mexico just announced joint retaliatory tariffs along with Canada. Today we are in the hundreds of billions between both countries.

#### around and find out.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Firebot

When the US hit steel and aluminum in 2018-2019, Canada retaliated with this list of tarrifs including many types of goods. We hit $16.6 billion of goods.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...-products.html

Mexico just announced joint retaliatory tariffs along with Canada. Today we are in the hundreds of billions between both countries.

#### around and find out.

Anyone against this should be deeply embarrassed that they’ve sunk so far into the bull#### being spewed.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by Looch City

If there's any Trump supporters left in Berta after tonight, they should be rounded up and deported to Alabama. Dumb ####s.

They’d be declared illegal by Trump and sent to Guantanamo Bay

[MegaErtz]

Did nobody see the release of American hostages in Venezuela earlier this week? Pretty obvious why, Trump is going to use the threat of replacing Canadian oil with imports from Venezuela to secure a better price.

Canada threatening retaliatory tariffs on things like bourbon and orange juice is hilarious. We'd be better off threatening to throw snowballs over the border. Canadians boycotting American products will just mean that they'll be cheaper for American consumers to buy.

[Aarongavey]

Pretty good press conference by the PM.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Price of eggs go down yet? Trumps been so lazer focussed on affordability he probably dealt with that on day one. Ws all around for blue collar Americans. American auto workers should probably start thinking about trading in their Trump crypto for some real money soon because they will be out of a job pretty soon.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by MegaErtz

Did nobody see the release of American hostages in Venezuela earlier this week? Pretty obvious why, Trump is going to use the threat of replacing Canadian oil with imports from Venezuela to secure a better price.

So if you know an American, hold them hostage and we can use them to bargain with to secure a better deal on our commodities.

[Flabbibulin]

Never thought I’d see the day… conservatives advocating that appeasement with a bully was the way to go. A lot of conservatives of days past rolling over in their graves.

[MegaErtz]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

Price of eggs go down yet? Trumps been so lazer focussed on affordability he probably dealt with that on day one. Ws all around for blue collar Americans. American auto workers should probably start thinking about trading in their Trump crypto for some real money soon because they will be out of a job pretty soon.

Will they though? I'm thinking most UAW workers are looking at plant expansions /retools and a lot of overtime in the near future. American automotive manufacturers won't be permitted to take advantage of cheap labour across the border in Ontario anymore.