Canada's tariffs to remain despite Trump postponing tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month
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Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
Keep it up, Canada (and Mexico, too, please). The more pressure from outside, the more likely we can successfully apply pressure from inside to slow/stop/reverse the actions the current US administration takes.
It's gonna hurt and I'm not looking forward to it, but it's necessary. The world should remember the lesson from WWII that appeasement does not work and act accordingly.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
Fucking good. We don't deal in chaos.
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Fucking good. We don't deal in chaos.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
Fee-Fi-FAFO
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Yeah but you're massively increasing your imports of resentment and grudges so it'll balance out.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
My worry is that there really is no way down for Canada. Nobody can trust any guarantee from trump so there is no difference between "tariffs until we have guarantees" and "tariffs until the next time you fuck around". Because, as trump is incapable of learning, tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
That said: We (the US) desparately need hardship to force people to stop "being apolitical" or "ignoring the news for my mental health" and to get in the fucking streets. So...
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
My understanding is that Canada has selected their items to target politically-sensitive areas that have favored Trump tariffs on Canada.
It occurs to me that it would probably also be possible for Americans who disagree with Trump's tariff policy from buying these things as long as Candace has them blacklisted, which would probably have a larger economic impact than merely Canadians. Probably would need someone to do up a list of the items that Canada has blacklisted and publish it.
That would be a way of contributing to the leverage that Canada has in trying to push for open trade between Canada and the US.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
Tolls on (especially) commercial vehicles transiting BC seems absolutely appropriate. They're using the infrastructure and maybe paying some tax when refueling.
Maybe there's already some sort of way these vehicles contribute?
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
That's just the art of the deal. Slamming your own dick in the car door.
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My worry is that there really is no way down for Canada. Nobody can trust any guarantee from trump so there is no difference between "tariffs until we have guarantees" and "tariffs until the next time you fuck around". Because, as trump is incapable of learning, tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
That said: We (the US) desparately need hardship to force people to stop "being apolitical" or "ignoring the news for my mental health" and to get in the fucking streets. So...
tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
Tariffs always hurt the customer, especially when it comes to raw resources; but can have the potential to hurt the seller as well (in the form of lost business).
With import tariffs the recipient pays to import an item, directly costing them more.
With an export tariff, the shipper pays extra, so they raise their prices to compensate, also costing the customer more.Now with manufactured products, the customer may have local options that are now cheaper than an import+tariffs (but still more expensive than they were paying previously), which means the foreign manufacturer has to invest in a local facility or loose customers. The customer may just be stuck with it though.
With raw resources however, it's much less likely the customer can purchase cheaper elsewhere so they will likely just be stuck with the higher cost.
Potash for example, the US heavily imports from Canada for use in fertilizer and just doesn't produce in sufficient quantities for it's farmers (>90% is imported). If Trump follows through and imposes his tariff on that (I think that one was 10%), farmers will have no options but to buy less or spend more. It does nothing but harm the US.
Likewise with Canada imposing a tariff on electricity; our energy companies are going to charge more per kwh to compensate for the extra costs, and the affected states will have no choice but to pay more. Again harming the US as a result of Trumps decisions.
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My worry is that there really is no way down for Canada. Nobody can trust any guarantee from trump so there is no difference between "tariffs until we have guarantees" and "tariffs until the next time you fuck around". Because, as trump is incapable of learning, tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
That said: We (the US) desparately need hardship to force people to stop "being apolitical" or "ignoring the news for my mental health" and to get in the fucking streets. So...
as trump is incapable of learning, tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
It's unclear whether he doesn't understand or whether he doesn't care. If the aim is to disorient traditional allies while pumping the markets up and down for profit and plundering public funds while people are too confused to stop you, the well being of the US population doesn't even factor into his calculations.
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Summary
Canada will maintain its initial $30 billion (CA$) in retaliatory tariffs despite Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many Canadian imports for a month.
A second wave of tariffs, originally planned at $125 billion (CA$), has been suspended. Ontario will still raise electricity prices for U.S. customers, and B.C. is considering tolls on U.S. trucks going to Alaska.
Trudeau expects a prolonged trade war, following a heated call with Trump.
About 62% of Canadian imports remain subject to tariffs, as Trump pushes for U.S. companies to shift production domestically.
Trump is going to threaten more tariffs again in two weeks anyway, when the market has recovered from the current dump and pump cycle, so it's just easier to leave them.
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My worry is that there really is no way down for Canada. Nobody can trust any guarantee from trump so there is no difference between "tariffs until we have guarantees" and "tariffs until the next time you fuck around". Because, as trump is incapable of learning, tariffs hurt the populace of the country imposing them more than anyone else.
That said: We (the US) desparately need hardship to force people to stop "being apolitical" or "ignoring the news for my mental health" and to get in the fucking streets. So...
Frankly, I fully encourage the stance of “we’ll trade war the shit out of you as long as orangeboi and friends are in charge”. I am completely serious. It needs to be done.
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That's just the art of the deal. Slamming your own dick in the car door.
Hopefully into cybercrap's razor edge one.
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My understanding is that Canada has selected their items to target politically-sensitive areas that have favored Trump tariffs on Canada.
It occurs to me that it would probably also be possible for Americans who disagree with Trump's tariff policy from buying these things as long as Candace has them blacklisted, which would probably have a larger economic impact than merely Canadians. Probably would need someone to do up a list of the items that Canada has blacklisted and publish it.
That would be a way of contributing to the leverage that Canada has in trying to push for open trade between Canada and the US.
I love this idea. It wouldn't be hard to do once we have a list.
It's otherwise impossible to know, as the only thing I've heard is Jack Daniel's which is just one bourbon company of what, 100?
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Hopefully into cybercrap's razor edge one.
"Look the trunk hatch has a safety sensor in case your dick is in the way---AGGGHHHH!"
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Trump is going to threaten more tariffs again in two weeks anyway, when the market has recovered from the current dump and pump cycle, so it's just easier to leave them.
Just leave them up for the rest of his term. He'll throw shit into every fan anyway.
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Keep it up, Canada (and Mexico, too, please). The more pressure from outside, the more likely we can successfully apply pressure from inside to slow/stop/reverse the actions the current US administration takes.
It's gonna hurt and I'm not looking forward to it, but it's necessary. The world should remember the lesson from WWII that appeasement does not work and act accordingly.
Absolutely! But it’s not just about the internal pressure. If everyone trump threatens retaliates even when he backs off, and then demands he offer assurances before they do, he looks weak. The one thing he doesn’t want, and can’t afford, is to look weak in front of his base. It won’t work immediately, but if he keeps looking weak on the public stage he’ll either stop making such threats in order to avoid it or lose enough support to matter.
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I love this idea. It wouldn't be hard to do once we have a list.
It's otherwise impossible to know, as the only thing I've heard is Jack Daniel's which is just one bourbon company of what, 100?
Alcohol is being tariffed but most of the Provinces have indefinitely blocked the import or sale of alcohol from the US anyway.
The full list is here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/03/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-march-4-2025.html
