CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)
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Its not good for the family that owns the other bridge that bribed trump.
Makes perfect sense when you look at it from that perspective.
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If they keep playing games, we could maybe drop a few articles to the news about expropriating the Canadian side of the other bridge. We don’t even necessarily have to do anything else, just watch them spiral when they realize their source of income might disappear.
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Trump says he would prefer to see CUSMA ‘terminated’ - National | Globalnews.ca
U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke about the current North American trade deal, and suggested that the U.S. is "better without an agreement."
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I don't see it signed before he's out of office.U.S President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that the U.S. is “better without” the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and he even prefers it to be “terminated.”
Trump spoke to reporters at the G7 in France before boarding a flight after attending the G7 summit and his statements come as Canada, the U.S. and Mexico continue to negotiate an extension or replacement for the current trade agreement.
“I would rather not have the agreement, but I may sign it, but we [the U.S.] do better as a country when we don’t have an agreement,” said Trump.
We have an agreement. It’s pretty good one. It remains in place until changed or terminated. Mechanisms for that take time and probably congressional approval. Right now, string him along and rag the puck through the midterms and hopefully a Republican loss of control of Congress. Time is very much on our side.Trump says he would prefer to see CUSMA ‘terminated’ - National | Globalnews.ca
U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke about the current North American trade deal, and suggested that the U.S. is "better without an agreement."
I don't see it signed before he's out of office.
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Lets continue to fight them on it.
Eventually he will surrender, give us 300b and allow us to enrich our uranium.
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…and sell our oil…
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The latest chapter in this nonsense bridge drama.
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Canada paying to construct Gordie Howe bridge is 'big myth', according to Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra insists that Canada footing the bill for the bridge “is the big myth that is out there."
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Canadian media loves him.
They would cry if he wasn't around giving monthly sound bites and was replaced with an actual diplomat, most of whom we don't know the names of.
(I dare anyone to name 2 more ambassadors without looking it up. I cannot.)
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I suspect your right, it suits our ruling class to leave him there instead of declaring him persona non grata.
That being said when the US was doing their annexation talk we should have sent him packing as a very clear statement on where our sovereignty is.
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Because...trump....would send someone better?
Or do we do without a US ambassador?
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Do we need an ambassador when we can just holler across the yard ?
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Some comments from this article are worth considering in terms of our CUSMA discussions and the move towards an unsettled future of continuous debate.
www.aljazeera.com
"A new, more fluid South Asia is emerging in which the US is engaging Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal directly, more closely – not as afterthoughts of India’s regional policy, but as actors with their own agency, assets and interests. Like any business transaction, getting rid of the middleman is beneficial for both principals.
"These countries are not becoming Cold War-style allies. They are becoming something more modern and, in many ways, more useful to America in a multipolar world: Transactional partners who cooperate where interests overlap and preserve the freedom to deal with China, Russia, India or anyone else."
In South Asia, America has stopped asking India for permission
Washington has started dealing with regional players without regard for Indian interests.
"A new, more fluid South Asia is emerging in which the US is engaging Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal directly, more closely – not as afterthoughts of India’s regional policy, but as actors with their own agency, assets and interests. Like any business transaction, getting rid of the middleman is beneficial for both principals.
"These countries are not becoming Cold War-style allies. They are becoming something more modern and, in many ways, more useful to America in a multipolar world: Transactional partners who cooperate where interests overlap and preserve the freedom to deal with China, Russia, India or anyone else."
Yup, they’re perfectly happy being really transactional when it suits them. Nothing wrong with that. It just means that’s what they should expect in return.Some comments from this article are worth considering in terms of our CUSMA discussions and the move towards an unsettled future of continuous debate.
In South Asia, America has stopped asking India for permission
Washington has started dealing with regional players without regard for Indian interests.
"A new, more fluid South Asia is emerging in which the US is engaging Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal directly, more closely – not as afterthoughts of India’s regional policy, but as actors with their own agency, assets and interests. Like any business transaction, getting rid of the middleman is beneficial for both principals.
"These countries are not becoming Cold War-style allies. They are becoming something more modern and, in many ways, more useful to America in a multipolar world: Transactional partners who cooperate where interests overlap and preserve the freedom to deal with China, Russia, India or anyone else."
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Trading in the bazaar demands a thick skin. In the words of Michael Corleone: "It's strictly business".
