Trump warns Canada, Mexico tariffs are coming on Saturday

[greenknight23@lemmy.world]

he's not a business man.

he's a liquidator.

[foggenbooty@lemmy.world]

I know, it's crazy how his supporters don't put two and two together. HE MADE THE TRADE DEAL HE'S SUPPOSEDLY GETTING SHAFTED ON!

[drfistington@lemmy.world]

He's a Russian asset, and a traitor

[not_that_guy05@lemmy.world]

The bestest I hear.

[xanthobilly@lemmy.world]

More like money launderer.

[chuck@lemmy.ca]

Neat the power to the us gets shut off 6 hrs after the announcement

[slopppyengineer@lemmy.world]

He really wants to pump up China's export to Mexico and Canada. Just helping his buddy Xi out.

[lifeinmultiplechoice@lemmy.world]

I assume this is referring to his "Who knew healthcare could be complicated" comment 8 years ago that we have yet to hear his plan for after promising one in two weeks

[kecessa@sh.itjust.works]

"We don't need the products that they have but we might not tax oil coming from Canada... Because... We... Eeeh... Don't need it?"

[kecessa@sh.itjust.works]

Trump is considering not taxing oil but it would be very funny if Canada decided to tax the all oil exports to the US as a fuck you to Trump...

[kecessa@sh.itjust.works]

Oh don't worry, it's on the table, funny that this shit is happening not long after Quebec started exporting electricity to the US only to realize they should have kept that capacity for themselves because demand is only increasing... The problem might just solve itself!

[lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca]

Sort of. As I understand it, theres a pretty specific weight/grade/thickness of oil that can be refined into products. Most of the US oil is too thin. Most Canada oil is too thick. So we mix the two and viola!

It'd be nice if someone in Canada would build a refinery here. But then we'd have to import thin oil to mix with.

[thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world]

Fuck this guy

[serinus@lemmy.world]

Those Biden "I did that" sticker on gas pumps are gonna look a hell of a lot different in hindsight.

[werefreeatlast@lemmy.world]

That rhymes!

Trump is a ruzzian asset

And a traitor

Trump is a liquidator!

[obstreperouscanadian@lemmy.ca]

Thanks for the reminder that I need eggs this weekend. They're like $4 CAD a dozen here.

[obstreperouscanadian@lemmy.ca]

Same here. Personally, I'm also going to buy as little from the US as I can for the next while. Same as last time.

[bytemeister@lemmy.world]

Couldn't have picked a better week to switch to get an electric car.

[merc@sh.itjust.works]

I really hope Canada and Mexico do Free Trade Judo, rather than just counter-tariffs.

If Canada imposes a counter-tariff on American goods, it just makes things more expensive for Canadians. But, USMCA required that Canada and Mexico agree that the big tech companies can't be sued in Canada or Mexico for content appearing on their platforms. Fuck that rule, let the lawsuits fly.

The update to NAFTA also required that Canada and Mexico adopt the ridiculously long US copyright term limits, making it life+70 years instead of life+50. So... go back to the original rules and bring a bunch of copyrighted American content into the public domain.

Mexico was required to adopt the "notice and takedown" bullshit from the DMCA. Fuck that. Mexico can go back to their old system. I don't know what they used, but I'm sure it was better for the end-user than DMCA bullshit, and changing it back would only hurt Hollywood.

Instead of just counter-tariffs, make things cheaper and better for Canadian and Mexican citizens. In particular, fuck American copyrights. It's ridiculous that Canada and Mexico were forced to bend over backwards for the benefit of Disney and friends. If the US wants its neighbors to respect its IP, then it needs to respect the free trade agreement that Trump fought for and signed.

[notsteve_@lemmy.ca]

And Canada's and we didn't even get a chance to vote against this guy