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

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

He says it’s because of phen and illegal immigration - less than 1% come from Canada.

This will have significant implications for the Canadian economy, the American economy and by domino the world. Not to mention the fact it could start a significant trade war.

The US doesn’t subsidise Canada - they buy Canadian goods. Approx 40% of their crude oil comes from Canada for example.

There is also an agreed trade deal between the US/Canada and Mexico that Trump agreed to and signed in his first years in office.

YABU - it doesn’t matter to me
YANBU - let’s stand up to a bully and support our allies

I guess Canada can put the oil sales back up to market price.
The US did well on the old trade deal.

I am team USA all the way!

What's peaceful about the systematic sterilisation and killing of indigenous people?

Why are you so quick to sweep this under the carpet and act like your government is some innocent victim?

You're asking people to financially attack another country in YABU. When we explain why we won't, you don't want to listen.
So diplomatic of you.

"We" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

Meanwhile, Trump has attacked savings and pensions as stock markets fall around the world.

This will potentially hit UK inflation and borrowing costs - so our economy as well.

Meanwhile, Trump has attacked savings and pensions as stock markets fall around the world

Yes, the FTSE plugged to a level not seen till last Wednesday before it started to climb again.

From the BBC

Trading on European stock markets has just got under way and, as expected, they have fallen in reaction to Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

The main share indexes in both France and Germany are down by about 2%, while in London the FTSE 100 share index fell 1.2%.

Shares in German carmaker VW have dropped 5%. The company has operations in Mexico which leaves it exposed to the impact of the tariffs.

We shall see, hopefully it'll be a message for other countries and convince Canada to tighten their own borders.

But more illegal immigrants go from the USA to Canada than the other way round (unsurprisingly). So by Trump's own justification, Canada is perfectly entitled to raise tariffs as well.

Or, just maybe that's not the actual reason.

Why?

Good for you. And when this affects jobs, inflation, your economy and the cost of living caused by a complete not reason Trump in the US and him ripping up an agreement he negotiated and signed only a few years ago then I hope you stand by that.

Because there is always one 😂

Your President has financially attacked other countries, and his own country.

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

I stopped using Amazon ages ago , not specifically about Trump. Dumped Twitter when it was banning feminists and see no reason to go back. Reddit. Starbucks. Clinging onto FB - several fellow wrinklies on there , too old to change. I disable it sometimes though. Don't see many ' made in USA ' goods in shops though?

The US also gets free access to the Panama Canal, so the US already has pretty favourable terms with other countries. Panama would be within thrir rights to renege on that deal and start charging them.

All very good arguments as to why it was so insane to leave the customs union (and the single market btw). Life outside of the bloc, exposed to the whims of the new US administration and subject to the - now that we're no longer at the table- arbitrary rule of the EU is just wonderful for our prosperity! (because we can't stop trading with our neighbours, believe it or not we've always needed to and we will continue to need to!)

Tomatotater · Today 09:02

The US also gets free access to the Panama Canal, so the US already has pretty favourable terms with other countries. Panama would be within thrir rights to renege on that deal and start charging them.

I don't know where you got that idea from, all ships pay transit fees to navigate the Panama Canal. Trump was whining that American ships pay more, which is patently untrue and he used it as a false justification for his threat to seize it.

If people still buy from China why would they stop buying from America?

China (and lately the middle east, such as Harrods department store and Qatar) own most companies/brands. Marshall (iconic amp brand from London) are now owned a Chinese group.

Who the current owners are doesn't change their identity though. China did not come up with Marshall amps, Jim Marshall did.

Liverpool FC are currently owned by a group from Boston, doesn't alter the identity of Liverpool as an iconic UK sporting institution. They will sell on, as will all those current owners of whatever brand/company they recently purchased.

The electric battery is a European concept (Volta). And many companies produce batteries, among them Panasonic (made by the Japanese, the global leader in electronics, video game consoles etc.) who have long been on the market. The lithium-ion battery (rechargable used in hand held devices) use cobalt, production of which largely comes from the Congo, and was first commercialised by Sony (Japanese).

And similar to the battery, the fuel cell, used to generate power for space capsules (getting man from earth to the moon) and satellites, was invented by Francis Thomas Bacon, a Cambridge scientist.

While the Nazis launched the space age with their rockets (led by German engineer Wernher von Braun), the first of which the V2 rocket became the first object to travel into space, once in space it needed the fuel cell to then transport astronauts to their next destination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Thomas_Bacon

I'm a bit puzzled as to why T is offering 51st state status to Canada. Surely Canada is bigger than any US state, even removing the effect of Mercator projection. I think it is physically bigger than the tiddly USA, even removing the effect of Mercator projection. Surely the Quebec people would have a robust opinion about it. But if it were done according to size or population, with several states, then T would easily be outvoted. Wouldn't he?

Well I'm replying on my iPhone via an app I purchased via Apple so no.