Trump warns Canada, Mexico tariffs are coming on Saturday
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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!
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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.
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Fuck this guy
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Those Biden "I did that" sticker on gas pumps are gonna look a hell of a lot different in hindsight.
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That rhymes!
Trump is a ruzzian asset
And a traitor
Trump is a liquidator!
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Thanks for the reminder that I need eggs this weekend. They're like $4 CAD a dozen here.
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Couldn't have picked a better week to switch to get an electric car.
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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.
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And Canada's and we didn't even get a chance to vote against this guy
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Supply management (economic planning) baby!
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I wonder how long before US automotive factories in Mexico get nationalized, and pump out BYDs.
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Musk said there would be temporary pain. Trump is willing to have others suffer to get what he wants.
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Except his every policy will make prices higher.
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Well I mean you need a few survivors to warn the rest of humanity right?
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That's the neat thing, he doesn't!
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Right. Lower prices are what he says he wants, not what he actually wants. Never forget, nearly everything he says is a lie.
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