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

Actually not from the USA, usually Brazil and other countries that’s it’s imported from

It’s owned by china, where have you people been

Owned by china

Lol

Peekseek anyone

Umm, nope china

I like this thread but I have a hard time with constant putting down of Americans. I have no such feelings for your customs which people would find weird, don’t blame us for everything you don’t like. Don’t ever come here if you hate us so much. That’s what I get when I read all the post from mumsnet.

Ok

Trouble is American tech is everywhere. I don’t know much about websites and how they work but found an article with the CTO of MN (I think it’s Chief Technology Officer). The interview relates to Larsvel but also Google API (something to do with natural language processing)
Thiswas Aug 2024 so may not be accurate now but just an example

I don't have an iPhone, I only buy the occasional CD/book from Amazon, often pre-loved. I really can't think of anything I buy, other than maybe some fruit, which comes from the US or a US company. I don't have a huge amount of tech stuff, and am not planning on buying any in the near future, so I will reiterate, I am struggling to think of any way I can contribute to not buying US goods.

Now if it was China (but then I would have to buy almost nothing!)

Trump is not a negotiating type of guy though. This is a power trip for him. Bullying his allies makes him feel good about himself, and his base eats it up. Negotiating would seem like he’s backing down, and that is not the image he wants.

You don’t think we’re working on it?
https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525

That's the US system. It's not like an actual democracy, really, where there's a genuine balance of powers and independent judiciary, free press. It was always ripe for a nutcase to come along and exploit it to become a dictator to all intents and purposes unless if was reformed, and there was no reform and modernisation. Very sad state of affairs indeed for decent American people. Effectively the assumption implocit in their constitution - that nobody would even consider voting for a convicted felon - has been proved wrong. A lesson to us all. Make it watertight because hideous, power-hungry but unintelligent people do turn up witj alarming frequency. And voters who are dumb enough to support them.

Owned by china, look it up

You all assume we Americans are wealthy and act like idiots. We don’t. We save for retirement just like you. I’m tired of seeing the crap over and over again how dumb we are. We’re just like you. We struggle just like you. We’re all the same guys.

The UK imports a substantial amount of pharmaceuticals/medications from the US and an AI search tells me that half of the UK chemicals come from US.

I’ve wondered if some of that stuff comes from another country via the US to UK. (The US being the middleman). And would it be possible to cut out the middleman?

At any rate imports aren’t the just things people can choose to live without.

Only have an opinion if you live in the United States of America. I would never think I knew how you live bc I don’t know you

We have.

What people should boycott is buying anything from companies that have their headquarters and pay corporation tax in the US.

The US has 335 million people.

Oh. If only they'd thought of that, huh?

Sounding a little like "Lord Frost" negoatiating Brexit.

Now, back in the real world...

Even McDonald’

All owned by china. Get with the program. Been bought out years ago

I think we are in for an actual war war. Trump has been open about making Canada the 51st state. Once Americans realize this week that “putting tariffs on Canada” is Trumpspeak for “a new consumer tax on Americans”, there will be chaos. . He will then declare martial law, either Vance or Musk will emerge as the person with the actual power, and we will see informal, militia style encroachments on towns on the Canadian side of the border. 80% of Canadians live within a 2 hour drive of the US border and the US, this is a very real threat.

I'm Canadian, and while there will be some repercussions from this I don't think they will last, for a number of reasons. I'm not really convinced they are even intended to last.

I don't necessarily think though that the idea that it's "mean" to have tariffs is a very relevant argument, and I don't think it would be a good reason to want to punish the US as a matter of principle. If it were in fact a good thing for their economy in some way, protected jobs at home say, it's the job of the American government to seek the best interests of the American economy, not the Canadian economy.

Up until 5 minutes ago, much of the left were unsupportive of free trade, saw it as exploitative, and I do find it a bit odd that now it's considered immoral to do anything else? Does anyone remember the WTO protests?

Anyway, there have always been disputes abiyt US trade, notably over lumber and milk, because the US thinks the way we manage those is unfair - agreements like NAFTA really limit the degree to which a country can manage it's industries, which is something to think about - this includes supporting industries, environmental regulations, supply management, you name it.

In this case, Canada is going to retaliate, and it will all likely go to a negotiation fairly soon, IMO, with the Americans gunning for what they consider to be a better deal.