CAN-USA 2025 Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

[Brad Sallows]

We've made deals with the USA before. Current POTUS has proven that regardless of the deal he cannot be trusted to honour it. He lacks integrity - and therefore we, as a nation, can't trust the USA, as a nation whose word is worthless.

Still gotta try and go with what there is. Dreams of rapidly realigning trade networks are smoke. I expect Trump's administration will be over before any significant realignment occurs, and then it'll be back to business as usual.

Some people are upset that BC has contracted with a Chinese company for some new ferries. China has been imposing tariffs on us too. Looks dumb for governments to trade with the Chinese despite tariffs that are essentially political cudgels and get all snotty about trade with the US over tariffs that are essentially political cudgels, and our government (BC) has been snotty. China has a much, much shittier human rights record than the US, too, plus obvious designs on Taiwan that would amount to an aggressive war for territory; and, if that were to pass (as many expect to happen in the next couple of years), that would make them the approximate moral equals of Russia. And how would that make our trade arrangements look, and should we continue to expect delivery?

 

[CBH99]

Still gotta try and go with what there is. Dreams of rapidly realigning trade networks are smoke. I expect Trump's administration will be over before any significant realignment occurs, and then it'll be back to business as usual.

Some people are upset that BC has contracted with a Chinese company for some new ferries. China has been imposing tariffs on us too. Looks dumb for governments to trade with the Chinese despite tariffs that are essentially political cudgels and get all snotty about trade with the US over tariffs that are essentially political cudgels, and our government (BC) has been snotty. China has a much, much shittier human rights record than the US, too, plus obvious designs on Taiwan that would amount to an aggressive war for territory; and, if that were to pass (as many expect to happen in the next couple of years), that would make them the approximate moral equals of Russia. And how would that make our trade arrangements look, and should we continue to expect delivery?

If BC wanted more affordable ferries and/or faster delivery times...they could have looked at shipyards in Europe or South Korea.

But instead, they went with China.

I'm sure there was noooooooo fishy business behind the scenes at all ...



Brad, everything you wrote in your post above is spot on

 

[OldSolduer]

If BC wanted more affordable ferries and/or faster delivery times...they could have looked at shipyards in Europe or South Korea.

But instead, they went with China.

I'm sure there was noooooooo fishy business behind the scenes at all ...



Brad, everything you wrote in your post above is spot on

Follow the money. See who retires comfortably in the next few years…

 

[CBH99]

Follow the money. See who retires comfortably in the next few years…

I have a gut feeling that Premier Eby took the same ethics classes that Trudeau did...

I imagine he'll retire pretty comfortably. (I wonder how much his portfolio is worth...)

 

[daftandbarmy]

You know you're in trouble when Big Coal is laying off...

B.C. mining company cuts 140 positions due to 'challenging market conditions'​

Glencore-owned Elk Valley Resources operates 4 steelmaking coal mines in B.C.'s southeast​

A B.C. mining company has announced significant layoffs, saying they are the result of global economic uncertainty and tariffs.

Glencore-owned Elk Valley Resources (EVR), which operates four steelmaking coal mines in B.C.'s southeast along the Alberta border, said it is cutting 140 staff jobs.

In an emailed statement from company communications manager Chris Stannell, Elk Valley blamed "challenging market conditions" for the job cuts.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elk-valley-resources-cuts-140-positions-1.7563514