Bring the pain.
The harder the better. Trump won’t stop on his own. The people will need to get pissed and demand change.
Bring the pain.
Target exports from red states. Squeeze those Trump voting mother fuckers until reality slaps them in the face and they squeal like the little facist pricks they are.
Bring the pain.
My God we’re all going to starve to death.
Can someone more knowledgeable about politics than me please tell me how 1 person can just slap on tarifs willy-nilly?
Shouldn’t things like this have to go through some sort of vote in congress?
Could the US president just call up all CEOs that use steel and be like: “gonna need some donations or I’ll put some tarifs on any imported steel”?
Because congress lets him with the IEEPA and the Tarrif Act.
Yes, he could. It would definitely violate a bunch of laws leading to impeachment by Congress (in theory).
https://natlawreview.com/article/can-president-impose-tariffs-without-congressional-approval
2:55 p.m. EST: Relationship with ally has changed: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CEO
The president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says Canada’s relationship with a longtime ally and trading partner has fundamentally changed.
Lisa Baiton says without greater global reach for oil and gas exports, Canada has little trade leverage with the United States.
She says Canada urgently needs a policy overhaul that would allow infrastructure projects held back by environmental opposition to move ahead.
Hey Alberta, get fucked. We’ve all been telling you to diversify your economy for years. We still don’t want your fucking pipeline.
Dirty olisands crap is not economically viable to ship across the world. They just want their golden parachute bailout. Fuck them and their bad investment.
It’s not like it’s impossible - Norway did it.
We tariff you infinity plus one.
But did you triple stamp it?
Oh fuck we forgot to triple stamp it
Trade war with our allies! So much freedom and cost savings.
What are friends for if you can’t tax them into enemies??
Btw this is to make Russia our new and exclusive trading partner
Russia doesn’t really produce anything except things U.S. companies export or can easily source elsewhere. And like half of their next generation emigrated or died trying to take 20 more meters of Eastern Ukrainian villages. I don’t expect any great scientific advancements coming anytime soon.
I’m not sure how that trade relationship would even work. Trade deals only work if the private sector is involved and the U.S. private sector doesn’t want Russian products or to investment in a place where there’s no rule of law.
or to investment in a place where there’s no rule of law.
Like USA?
You’re not retaliating, I’m retaliating!
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Laugh all you want but this is clearly a top 4d chess move. It’s a little early to tell exactly what it is, but it’s either the I’m rubber; you’re glue gambit, or it could be the neener-neener maneuver. Either way, we should be proud to witness this in our lifetimes.
Sounds like somebody didn’t get their nap today
And this, my friends, are why tariffs are dumb.
“Always one more than you!!!”
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe vowed to cut down barriers on interprovincial trade
Interesting - in the US this isn’t allowed, I didn’t realize it was a thing in Canada.
The provinces and territories have a lot of power, mandated in our Constitution. Some don’t have many trade barriers, while others do.
It’s an interesting decision - I’m curious about the pros and cons of that choice. US States have a fair amount of power as well but that one is explicitly excluded in the constitution – which makes a fair amount of sense to me, though maybe because I’m used to it. I can only imagine what we’d be going through right now if Florida could regulate trade with California.
