Because the best way to negotiate with Trump is to roll over and let him know that he can do whatever he wants to you.
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Avid Amoeba - 4mon
Aren't countertariffs only detrimental to us, if they don't have the effect of the US taking down their tariffs?
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bountygiver [any] - 4mon
Not really, it's a way to shift the consumers to buy products from elsewhere instead of US. It's how you cut off the reliance of an unreliable trade "partner"
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Avid Amoeba - 4mon
Right, assuming there's an alternate source. When there is, absolutely.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 4mon
I mean China exists last I checked, and they've said they would like to do more trade with Canada. Instead, Carney keeps trying to fight a tariff war with China while bending over for the US.
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Avid Amoeba - 4mon
Well, China-bad and all that, so for now we ain't doing that. If the material conditions worsen enough, public sentiment would change and I suspect he'll pivot. We'll see.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ - 4mon
And that's the whole tragedy here because we're going to have to live through declining material conditions in order to do the sensible thing we should obviously be doing to avoid having to suffer.
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Kallestar - 4mon
Okay Mr. Bully-Buddy-Guy, we give up, will you be nicer to us now, please?
yogthos in canada
Canada to Drop Many Counter-Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/canada-to-drop-many-retaliatory-tariffs-in-olive-branch-to-trumphttps://archive.ph/E0fHs
Because the best way to negotiate with Trump is to roll over and let him know that he can do whatever he wants to you.
Aren't countertariffs only detrimental to us, if they don't have the effect of the US taking down their tariffs?
Not really, it's a way to shift the consumers to buy products from elsewhere instead of US. It's how you cut off the reliance of an unreliable trade "partner"
Right, assuming there's an alternate source. When there is, absolutely.
I mean China exists last I checked, and they've said they would like to do more trade with Canada. Instead, Carney keeps trying to fight a tariff war with China while bending over for the US.
Well, China-bad and all that, so for now we ain't doing that. If the material conditions worsen enough, public sentiment would change and I suspect he'll pivot. We'll see.
And that's the whole tragedy here because we're going to have to live through declining material conditions in order to do the sensible thing we should obviously be doing to avoid having to suffer.
Okay Mr. Bully-Buddy-Guy, we give up, will you be nicer to us now, please?
Living up to his last name.