U.S.-Canada trade war escalates as Canada unveils retaliatory tariffs
NEW: Mayor of Brampton, Ontario warns of a "permanent structural break" in the Canadian-U.S. relationship because of Trump's trade war "Permanent" =======>
🇺🇸ExPat🇨🇦🟧17Scott as a Dual 🇺🇲🇨🇦 citizen, most Americans have no idea how much they are detested and not just by 🇨🇦 but by most of the World. The divide is so large that US exports will be crushed with a Global Boycott of imported US Brands. The pain for US Consumers will be well beyond 🇨🇦.
Tim Lowe10Accurate assessment. The United States was sold the America First lie and is now reaping the actual America Alone, we all got.
rickypill.bsky.social9Yes, permanent. Why go back to an abusive relationship ?
Woke Is Me8Putin’s investment in a moron is paying high dividends, but Canada, México, and the rest of the world are finding other trading partners. When the USA grows out of this bullying fascist cult, they can try to regain the community of nations’ respect.
Democracy Vibe · by NoMAGA7That word matters because trade relationships are held together by expectations as much as tariffs. Once businesses and governments stop treating the border as dependable, rebuilding trust becomes far harder than removing a duty.
Dump the taco7Yes , as I had been saying: even if JesusChrist comes and bocomes the president of the US there is a fine line that was crossed and never had been before, it was unthinkable and leaders around the world consider that trump is a symptom not the cause. The US has lost all the little credibility left
Chrystia Freeland: "This notion that Canada is hard to get along with — Canada is the only G7 country that has a trade deal with every other G7 country. So the rest of the world finds it pretty easy to do trade deals with us, and they want to do it." #cdnpoli
mcfarl.bsky.social20I do miss Freeland in cabinet. That being said, her and Carney are close and I suspect he still gets advice from her. I am just dumbfounded that there are any Cdns that believe the US position has any merit. We are dealing with a POTUS, who literally tells more lies than truths everyday.
🇨🇦 Gregg Kauk, Northern British Columbia, Canada6Yes, for a country whose leaders are hard to deal with, Canada has sure been signing a lot of trade deals in the International community.
JannieMcJJ4It's all #projection, all the time with the Epstein Administration. #TrumpTradeWar #Canada
Nana🇨🇦unicorn3For anyone who has been in the receiving end of narcissistic rage, they will say they were told ‘you are the only worst ever’. It is a desperate manipulation/gaslight to get cooperation. The therapeutic self talk is ‘this evaluation is only one man’s opinion.’
Roger2Maga, a bunch of pathetic liars. I have a lot of respect for this lady. And JD villain is a pathetic liar.
Andy E. Nystrom1If Canada really was hard to deal with, then any concern from the US about Canada making deals without discussing with the US first would be moot. The deals would fall through anyway. The issue is our struggling southern neighbour.
As @charlieangus104.bsky.social pointed out, the list of targeted tariffs the Carney gov’t is responding to Trump’s #TradeWar with, is brilliant in its precision. We need to keep our powder dry on the big guns & not blow our load all at the beginning. Iran used that strategy. It’s a good one
dredecopp.bsky.social3I know it's tempting to blast away but as other folks have pointed out we don't really have the refinery capacity right now. But potash would be an easy target. Or natural gas. I'm suggesting maybe start with a 2% export tax?
Russ3I don’t even know what the tariffs are that Canada wants to impose, but I feel pretty strongly that they won’t change their mind like TACO, so there’s that…..
eimaj662Agreed. Give them all a little taste of things to come, and live in it for awhile. Apply more pressure if necessary, but keep that big gun on reserve in case we need it.
natnewscot🇨🇦🍁2That is one hell of a list.
flyflicker.bsky.social1Is it too soon for Doug Ford to rename the Ashbridges Bay Sewage Treatment Plant in Toronto "Donald Trump Lake"? www.grahambuilds.com/ashbridges-b...
Chris1Its actually very well thought out and id say it was being worked on long ago, just in case. Most if not all of the items have a viable Canadian option.
Number For The Day: $328 Million The US imported $328 million worth of toilet paper from Canada in 2024, making it by far the largest exporter of the product to the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Greg from Fargo1Trump "allegedly" poops himself. He doesn't care about toilet paper.
The Zapper1I remember how miserable we all were during the covid TP shortage, so this should be fun.
Derek Mulready 🇮🇪🇪🇺1If the Canadian Boycott of American Made attention turns too Commercial trucks and HGV's. Semi trucks 40' trailers. $47 Billion imported from trumpieland annually. That's a lot off unemployed American workers. 🇪🇺🇨🇦
"Trump has now spent a year and a half throwing rocks into the rivers of world commerce, only to find trade flowing over and around them" The @alanbeattie.bsky.social lesson is applicable to Trump but also Democrats and the EU who think they can design better rocks... www.ft.com/content/e5fe...
David Henig14Modern trade flows are highly resilient to shocks, their billions of individual nodes adding up to a rather robust system. Also a problematic one for example in the powers given to the largest companies. But that's not going to be tackled without understanding. bsky.app/profile/davi...
Des Ferris2Trump may indeed be throwing rocks, along with his childish tantrums when his rock throwing doesn’t work, but the bigger question is whose rocks is he throwing and for what purpose? Because it’s practically universally accepted that what he’s doing is of no benefit to anyone, certainly not the US.
Paul Allen1And the rocks that the UK places actually have the wrong effect e.g. reducing EV imports from China, has increased fossil car imports from China - see all the Jaecoo Range Rover copies recently arrived on our roads.
Jon Worth10I am aware it's not really the point, but damn the photo in this @alanbeattie.bsky.social story! 😀
Cathy2Key point in this: if estimated GDP reduction of 6-8% didn't cause UK to immediately reverse Brexit, hard to see why Canada would bow down to US over an increase in Canada’s average US tariff of 1.9% and permanent reduction of GDP of 0.2%.
Roblaws should take lessons from Chapman's on how to be a decent corporation that supports Canadians instead of using a trade war to raise their prices.
Rob Bulnes 🍁10But, but, but Galen needs a new yacht!
Mur17014They're not just using this to raise prices, they're very actively sourcing U.S. product! If I had to guess, I'd say Weston is deliberately working against the boycott for personal reasons. #cdnpoli
tlynn71.bsky.social2Owned by a billionaire. If we dont learn the lesson, that billionaire class does not give a single F about "regular people OR HAVE ANY VALUES OR MORALS."" BOYCOTT roblaws.
POD me + @robarmstrong.bsky.social + @alanbeattie.bsky.social, trade nerd, on the great rupture between the US and Canada, featuring: - wow this is a stupid situation - like really stupid - the pugnacious Doug Ford - bad mafia - Rob lowkey admitting he was wrong www.ft.com/content/11c9...
Alan Beattie40This is a good pod even though I'm on it. BTW to remind everyone discussing Canadian politics that by law you must refer to the current Premier of Ontario as "the Pugnacious Doug Ford" as you might say "the Venerable Bede" or "the Most Reverend Archbishop of Canterbury".
Tom Slee2I have become such a fan of Unhedged that I now say "I am long Unhedged" even though I hardly know what it means. Good episode. The comments about ignoring Trump court politics are thought provoking.
I’m cracking up that Make It Make Sense pod finds both Canada and the US to blame for the trade war, it’s like getting the news from a friend who doesn’t actually give a shit about anything
Jesse Hawken11“We’re going beyond the headlines to tell you what you really need to know, like: maybe both sides are at fault?”
Slicey Boi Athletic Club7one the one hand, USA made insane demands. but on the other hand, Canada didn't accept them. plenty of blame to go around imo.
peptostate2Me, on my Washington Post show: "It's all just politics, man. A bunch of bullshit!"
