Stop buying American goods after Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Basically everything that has been "agreed" by Canada was already announced back in December.

Can't help but notice that Trump caved within hours of Ontario cancelling one of Musk's contracts. Maybe Musk was unhappy and ordered Trump to stand down...

Yup, breaking news this evening, he's paused the tariffs on both Canada and Mexico for a month.

From the BCC: "The cooling-down period comes after Mexico and Canada agreed to take measures to improve border security and clamp down on drug trafficking."

Not sure what's been agreed, but hey ho.

Does Trump think it was worth what he's lost with the way he has treated Canada?

What will the EU be thinking - and other countries that trade with the US?

Personally I think they would be looking for other more reliable partners and not having their eggs in a big basket

Yup. If he's truly backing down, Trump has gained diddly-squat but lost a lot of goodwill and hurt American businesses.

Bet Trump made money on the markets today.

It’s the same deal Trudeau had already agreed with Biden. Can$ is soaring!

"I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.
In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.
Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."

Trump will still have had an effect on Canadian consumers and their attitude towards American goods.

Ok, we stop pandering to the EU,what do we eat?

Love him or hate him Trump is doing what he thinks is best for his country and it's people. It's a shame our UK government don't do the same for us instead of pandering to the EU all the time.

What American products do we import?

Products from Amazon don't tend to be made in the USA do they? I understand Amazon is a US company but the goods themselves aren't.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/ontario_canada_responds_to_trump_tariff/

Trudeau wasn't celebrating a trade deal with Ireland;
'Mr Trudeau, who is in Ireland for a three-day visit ahead of the G20 meeting in Hamburg'

More recently, Canada wanted to force hormone-treated beef on the UK market in last year's trade negotiations which is why we walked away. I'm not sure we owe Canada any special obligations on trade under Trudeau. We need to look out for our own interests which is why I disagree with the op's request.

Canada is a good ally of ours who has helped support us in our time of need.
We have more in common than divides us.

I don't see an issue with either of those.

He celebrated a trade deal with Ireland, noting that the US and the UK (large trading partners of Canada and Ireland, respectively) were turning inwards. That was a reasonable observation.

I'm not sure why Canada and the UK failing to reach a new trade deal means that Canada "isn't a loyal friend" to the UK any more than it means that the UK "isn't a loyal friend" to Canada.

Unfortunately one of the best ways to boycott US goods is to stop using Amazon - I will do this but however more will??

Trudeau hasn't been been a loyal friend to the UK:

2017
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a swipe at Britain over Brexit and argued the country is becoming increasingly inward-looking.

During a press conference in Dublin with Ireland’s newly elected Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Mr Trudeau took aim at Britain and the US.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/justin-trudeau-brexit-latest-news-uk-turn-inward-g20-summit-canada-leave-eu-prime-minister-a7824561.html

January 2024
“The [UK] government’s decision to walk away from trade talks aimed at enhancing the trading relationship between the UK and Canada would have been difficult, but it’s the right decision,”

“On products such as beef and cheese, Canada was demanding too much and offering too little, therefore preventing progress to the benefit of both countries.”

https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/uk-canada-trade-talks-halted-over-safeguarding-british-food-standards/

One of the biggest issues that Western Democracies face is the US repositioning itself as a foe, not a friend. Avoiding buying American goods or services, wherever possible, is in our interests.

It never was about drugs or illegal immigrants

I’m an American who will be soon hit by the higher prices from these tariffs. It’s not like we have American made versions of all these products to buy as an alternative. This is simply a tax on the American people, most of whom are apparently too stupid to understand what is happening. I wouldn’t expect people outside our country to understand that we don’t have certain types of manufacturing or farming, but American citizens should know.

I would suggest that UK citizens should prioritize their own interests right now. Your economy has its own post-Brexit issues. Don’t make your lives more difficult to try to take a stand on this issue. It’s just not worth your sacrifice.

Bayonetlightbulb · Today 17:57

The only Russian made vodka I can think of is Russian Standard and I know some supermarkets boycotted it and then there was also a tariff of 35% put on it. I haven't seen it on a shelf for a long time.

Marka Zeloni used to be popular, too, but I've seen neither since this phase of the war started. Nemiroff is Ukrainian and Stolichnaya is Latvian.

Ontario has cancelled a 100 million dollar Starlink contract with Musk ! Hope it cripples Musk...doubtful ...but one can hope.

This article is from 2019 - Trump threatened tariffs then as well;

06/07/2019 08:42 AM EDT
Updated: 06/07/2019 11:13 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Friday [June 2019] dropped his unpopular plan to impose tariffs on hundreds of billion of dollars of goods from Mexico after the two countries reach a deal to stem the flow of Central American migrants entering the United States.

Trump said that Mexico had agreed to take “strong measures“ to address migration flows.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/07/mexico-troops-southeastern-border-1514223

The previous deal obviously fell away with Covid and Biden.

Until it does.