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sloppychops

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  • Of course they're incompetent. Trump is a Russian asset in that he has a Dollarstore intellect and is easy to manipulate. No bribes necessary.

  • Trump's economic troubles put Republicans on the defensive

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  • Yeah, they won't. Miss KFC 2024 and his base have them in a vice grip. They know they'll receive credible threats if they speak out against him. Or worse; lose their seat and all the bribe money that come with it.

  • Local supermarket removing Lays for Brets (French)

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  • Where in Canada, and what store? I only ever see the usual US brands or store's own. As a massive chip guzzler, it's been traumatic having to go without.

  • An unelected billionaire is gunning for Social Security. Get Musk out, now.

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  • Well, they do have a Gerry Springer guest in the White House.

  • Is Canada joining the EU? Brussels hails ‘like-minded partners’ amid trade war with US

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  • I be dumdum.

  • Is Canada joining the EU? Brussels hails ‘like-minded partners’ amid trade war with US

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  • America is basically just a Europe expansion pack.

  • Is Canada joining the EU? Brussels hails ‘like-minded partners’ amid trade war with US

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  • Aren't some parts of Outre-Mer France part of the EU, despite being located in the Carribean and South America?

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  • Canada very much has Russia breathing down its neck.

    Look at a globe focused on the North Pole, and you will see that Russia, Canada, and Scandanavia all basically form a ring framing the Arctic ocean. Russia asserting itself in the Arctic is a major issue for us, and the situation could very well deteriorate as climate change intensifies.

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  • Violated?

    As far as I understand, the vast majority of the agreement is already fully in effect, with a few loose ends still tied up in EU member states' legislatures.

    Canadian businesses have just never really had a good reason to take advantage of the new trade rules until recently. Canadians might start noticing an increase in EU products range and availability over the next while.

    Technically, it is not a done deal, but practically speaking, it is. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • US aid deliveries to Ukraine back to previous levels, Polish foreign minister confirms, as Kyiv agrees to 30-day ceasefire

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  • I doubt anything is going to stop Putin in the long run, other than a definitive loss. I'm interested to see how Trump responds when he's forced to confront the fact that geopolitics is not like demanding a refund at McDonalds because your nuggies are cold.

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  • Non-tarrif counter measures are a thing. And you can really be as creative as you want there.

    Do what the Chinese do and introduce a law where 51% of a foreign multinational must be locally owned and operated.

    Force the break-up of large corps through anti-trust action.

    Minimum pricing rules on posts and / or account creation.

    Prohibitions of phones in schools.

    Updated data protection laws banning the collection and sale of personal data and applying copyright law protections. Allow individuals to sell their data if they choose to.

    Introduce laws that categorize 'trending' and algorithmic manipulation as 'editorialising' and regulate the behaviour as you would any other media.

  • Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom

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  • My God (ﾟ_ﾟ)

  • Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom

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  • I feel like there's about to be overlap. Whatever he says, that's their opinion.

  • Starmer to avoid immediate counter-tariffs if Trump puts levies on UK steel

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  • This guy looks like the offspring of Noddy and a glazed ham.

  • Canada says too little, too late as Trump flip-flops on tariffs

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  • We may be talking past each other, but in any case, I don't think that is a useful way of presenting this information.

    Gross domestic product calculates only for the net effect of imports and exports. That is to say, the balance of trade.

    56% of Canada's GDP is consumer spending. 19% is investment. 23% is government spending. And 2% is net exports.

    That's the $2.2/2.3 trillion GDP of Canada broken down. Yes, it's technically true to say that the trade relationship represents a value roughly equivalent to 40% of Canada's GDP, but I don't believe that's very helpful framing.

    Using the same method, we might say that the various trade relationships of the US represent a value that is roughly 25% of US GDP.

    If Canada's GDP, an acronym that many people take to be synonymous with 'economy', was 40% US trade, we'd be talking about more than a 3% recession.

    I can't help but think of the 'length of a football field' or 'weight of an elephant' mode of analysis.

    Also, your definition of the fallout this could create seems very limited in scope, but I take your point that you are only defining said fallout within the confines of the immediate and specific effects of the tarrifs themselves, and not all the various ripple effects.

    Otherwise, we probably agree more than we disagree. Trump's a cunt is about what it boils down to for me.

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  • Turns out the particular president in question was, in fact, the height of American Conservative sophistication!

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  • TWICE.

  • Ursula von der Leyen says €150bn EU defence loans should be spent in Europe

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  • Only a short-sighted fool would trust US tech and defence hardware ever again at this point.

  • Zelensky Visits KSA

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  • I can only assume Zelensky said 'thank you.'