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  • You have to post an article, bud.

  • Either that or no tariffs but non-tariff measures stay in effect until the decision is permanent.

  • The auto industry already had a 30-day exemption from tariffs.

  • More than 120! I couldn't make it through 5. No idea how people can listen to him talk.

  • Many actions are targeted at red states. But sometimes the weapons you have are the weapons you have.

    And, really, whatever US internal politics are, this is an act of war by the US against Canada. I think few will lose sleep about making any American bleed right now. Hopefully it wakes those blue states up to start really taking action.

  • Sorry for messing around with this post. Lemmy.world has a weird bug(?) where posts with CBC articles won't federate. Had to trick it.

  • This is just initial reaction to an announcement. The tariffs aren't even implemented yet.

  • I wonder how close we are to Trump declaring that "no one knew" how complicated the economy is...

  • Canadian tariffs are targeted in a number of ways. One of the ways is targeting American goods that have Canadian alternatives. So the goal is to make American products less attractive by making them more expensive, damaging the US economy while bolstering our own.

    There aren't really winners in trade wars but the goal is to minimize our pain while maximizing theirs.

  • Economic death to America!

  • Strategic retreat... Cajun style.