CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

[Brad Sallows]

Is the bottling move only for the American market or will they distill up here, ship it south, bottle it, then ship sellable bottles back up?

We send seafood across the Pacific to be processed in Asia and shipped back to Canada. Why not bulk liquor to the US?

 

[HavokFour]

He and everyone with a pulse knows exactly why.

“It’s obvious, at least at this point in time, that that’s not going to happen,” Mr. Hoekstra said.

He did not fully explain what was preventing such a deal.

Washington was hoping for ‘bigger’ deal with Canada than USMCA, ambassador says

Pete Hoekstra said White House wanted agreement encompassing numerous subjects, including defence

www.theglobeandmail.com

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[Czech_pivo]

He and everyone with a pulse knows exactly why.

Washington was hoping for ‘bigger’ deal with Canada than USMCA, ambassador says

Pete Hoekstra said White House wanted agreement encompassing numerous subjects, including defence

www.theglobeandmail.com

Archive

Interesting comments by him yesterday about Canada following the US on tariffs on Chinese EV's considering that news that we might drop said tariffs on Chinese EV's. A bit of a cat and mouse game going on here.

 

[HavokFour]

Off to Mexico this morning.

Canada, Mexico to sign strategic partnership agreement

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[daftandbarmy]

Off to Mexico this morning.

Canada, Mexico to sign strategic partnership agreement

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

The Snowbird Summit

 

[Brad Sallows]

The Snowbird Summit

A meeting about agreeing to have more meetings. I can hardly contain my excitement. No, mister, I can feel it! The dice are rolling!

 

[Kirkhill]

Exclusive: Chinese–Mexican Syndicate Shipping Methods Exposed — Vancouver as a Global Meth Hub

AUCKLAND — The case of Fatima Qurban-Ali, a 30-year-old Canadian sentenced recently in New Zealand for attempting to import nearly 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine on a flight from Vancouver — coerced at gunpoint by a transnational drug syndicate, the court heard — has illuminated a...

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Canadians of various origins and motivations moving large quantities of Meths from Vancouver for Sino-Mexican traders.

But we don't have a drugs problem. There is no reason for the US to pay special attention to us.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Nice car industry you got there - shame if anything ever happened to it …

Lutnick dismisses any prospect of auto deal between U.S. and Canada: sources

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is dismissing any prospect of a comprehensive auto deal with Canada, according to three sources in the room for when he made the comments.

www.ctvnews.ca

Lutnick says Canada should adopt U.S.-first policy in domestic auto industry | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Lutnick says Canada should adopt U.S.-first policy in domestic auto industry Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Trump commerce secretary takes ‘aggressive’ stance against Ontario auto industry, sources say | Globalnews.ca

Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration is increasingly focused on vehicle assembly based in the United States, according to multiple sources who heard the discussion.

globalnews.ca