I imagine it's also a card that's used in the negotiations with the US.
I have no doubt that it is.
A smart negotiator doesn't play all their cards at the start. They gradually bring out their various pressure points over time when it is strategic to do so. And they hold back the "nuclear option" until it becomes necessary.
The waltons losing money in this way exposes who they are, and might piss them off enough to do something.
As much as I hate the idea of corporate interests having that much influence over the government (any government), someone richer than him complaining could be the only thing that gets through Trump's mushy head.
it is called "fighting against american culture"..
That's a good thing.
American exceptionalism has been a constant background theme in their movies, TV shows, publishing and other "cultural exports" since the start of their country.
it frightens me that they think it is their duty to export these ideas to other countries.
It frustrates me that they have been exporting these ideas for a very long time.
American exceptionalism has been an underlying assumption in Hollywood movies and US television, books and music for longer than either of us have been alive.
That makes companies find the most efficient ways to reduce their footprints, rather than the government mandating it for each group. This is the approach favoured by most serious economists
And it is the approach Carney favored in his book (which was written several years before he decided to run for office)
I have no doubt that it is.
A smart negotiator doesn't play all their cards at the start. They gradually bring out their various pressure points over time when it is strategic to do so. And they hold back the "nuclear option" until it becomes necessary.