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

Trump is still blaming Canada for the trade deficit - apparently Canadian products aren’t needed by the US! He’s still going on about Canada becoming the 51st state - not a chance!

If Canada was a US state, Trump wouldn’t have got elected - he needs to be careful for what he wishes for.

It’s 10,000 troops, which doesn’t seem
that many for an entire border. The accusations made against Canada were lies - less than 1% of drugs and illegal immigrants into the US. Small actions add up. No holidays in the US (we were considering it), as few US purchases as possible. And I’ve sold my US shares in my pension and ISAs. That’s personal protection from the volatility and uncertainty he is single-handedly creating.

Don’t they already have this?. Feels like a climb down by Trump which will look like a win to his base.

I think he may face a huge backlash from the US population when they see prices go up or availability restricted. It affects a lot of items…
What are tariffs and will prices rise? www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93e12rypgo

Only goods I have an inclination to stop buying are from China but it is really hard 😂

Jack daniels honey 🍯

The biggest selling vodka brand in the UK is made in Scotland. 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

"financially attack another country" are you actually watching and reading the same news as most of the world!

Rainingalldayonmyhead · Yesterday 09:41

Upstartled · Yesterday 09:30
No, thanks. It doesn't matter to me.

Oh but it will. It will when he expands this programme and since world economies are so entertwined it will
have a knock on effect. All top economists are saying so. It’s naive to think otherwise.
Also the attitude annoys me - WW2 was ‘nothing to do’ with Canadians and we sent thousands of troops and fought along side. We are a Commonwealth country, ally and friend.

Well yes, the Commonwealth mattered to the Mother Country for only a few decades following the end of WW2. That's when the UK cynically kicked her loyal allies into the gutter to go play with their new friends in Europe. The old Diggers who served with courage and loyalty their King and saw many fellow Aussies, Kiwis, Canuks die for Britain's cause, were heartbroken and disgusted by the betrayal. That's politics for you. But the old soldiers never forgave Britain.

ticktickticktickBOOM · Today 17:27

I just think YABU asking other countries to financially attack America.

But you think it's fine for America to do it to them and think they're mean for responding in kind. Righto.

You could have just said that then.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

You have yours.

At what point would you boycott American goods?

No matter what happens if Trump drops any tariffs against Canada, he's damaged relationships between the 2 countries.

How many people will actively choose stuff from the USA if they have another choice from another country?

That wasn't the OP's question. The OP is asking people to boycott American exports because they are proposing a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico.

I will not boycott another country purely because of a proposed tariff.

Still not a troll.

I just don't agree with you trying to encourage people to financially attack another country.

You can't justify your OP. You can't argue your point. So you just shout 'troll'.

But Panama did not build it, the French and then the US did. But over a hundred years later both have got back the value of their investment and it belongs to Panama. It was handed to Panama in 1877 and is now run by a state-owned company (surprisingly sensible!). The US has now no claim to it, of course, because there is a treaty - treaties are meant to be kept, so Trump is flying a kite, as with Canada. The Canadians kicked the US out in 1812/14 and I doubt any want them back since they sacked York Town, now Toronto.
For a country that decries imperialism the US does like to spread its empire wide and is expansionist.

Ok, let's rephrase it

The US president is threatening to invade Greenland and take the Panama Canal by force.

Do you agree with that?

Not a troll.

I just think YABU asking other countries to financially attack America.

Can you not handle someone who disagrees with you?

Thank you 🙏

Not a troll.

I just think YABU asking other countries to financially attack America.

Can you not handle someone who disagrees with you?

My country doesn't have a president. I am not American.

My country doesn't have a president. I am not American.

I thought it was more even that - and he has now said he wants a "better trade" deal with us.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e1wnvkzeyo

Thing is though is your business relies on US imported parts - I image many supply chains are having a look round now seeing if somewhere else - ie rest of the globe - can be switched to just in case your government decides to apply retaliatory import taxes affecting your manufacturing costs. If trade sanctions drag on could hit American exports markets quite hard if rest of globe sees them as an expensive risk and pivots away.

I believe he wants the US to create and then control the North West Passage.

Trump is more likely to want more something on the northern border of Canada. He briefly mentioned it a while back. Which will bring us back around to Greenland.