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

[daftandbarmy]

You mean they are Communists?

No... just normal people.

Governments exploit the hell out of that posture, of course - viz:

Casinos, lotteries are government cash machines​

Single-game sports betting revenue will likely pale in comparison with casino revenue

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/casinos-lotteries-are-government-cash-machines-8265301

 

[suffolkowner]

I googled costs and issues with getting that potash from Belarus, the closest port is in Lithuania and they refuse to do business with Belarus, so the potash would have to go through a Russian port. Putin I am sure is going to be happy for the tranist fees....

When BHPs Jansen site comes online there might be a reduction in the market price

 

[Colin Parkinson]

When BHPs Jansen site comes online there might be a reduction in the market price

Assumed to be in 2027

From mine to port, BHP’s Jansen Project is moving toward its first potash production

The skyline is growing at this mega-project on the Prairies, as BHP prepares to begin operations and deliver potash from deep underground.

financialpost.com

 

[HavokFour]

Waiting it out, it is.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he thinks the Canadian side will contact him in the next three or four weeks and the United States will “win everything.”

“They’re gonna come in and they’re gonna say, ‘Sir, we are sorry,”’ Trump said. “They’ve treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made but it’s gonna be fair.”

Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms

With just hours to go before his import bans on certain Canadian goods take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump says he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[RangerRay]

Waiting it out, it is.

Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms

With just hours to go before his import bans on certain Canadian goods take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump says he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks.

www.ctvnews.ca

You know he’s lying when he’s telling one of his “sir” stories.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

You know he’s lying when he’s telling one of his “sir” stories.

No. He is lying every time he moves his lips.

 

[lenaitch]

Everything will unfold as intended - after the mid-terms. It's like the joke about listening to a country and western song played backwards ('you get your wife back, your truck back . . . ). After the mid-terms, he will defeat Iran, fuel prices will come down, food prices will come down, trade deals will be flying in the window.