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

[Cloud Cover]

Rona Ambrose weighs in.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885470570483228789

I guess Rona won’t be invited onto CBC anytime soon.

Can just imagine what she might have to say about Carney.

 

[NearingZenith]

Rona Ambrose weighs in.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885470570483228789

Government of Canada announces its plan to strengthen border security and our immigration system - Canada.ca

Ambrose is right about the government’s lack of focus on productivity through the years. But she also spends the last minute of the clip complaining about the government having nothing to say about fentanyl and asking why can’t Canada at least try to address the issue. She must have completely missed or chooses to ignore the fact that the 1st pillar of the 5 pillar $1.3 Billion border and immigration plan released last month is all about new measures to tackle fentanyl and fentanyl precursors.

Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 157, Number 12: Regulations Amending the Precursor Control Regulations (Novel Fentanyl Precursors)

And the tackling of fentanyl precursors is not a new last minute thing based on Trump’s recent complaints. New fentanyl precursors are regularly banned or restricted as they are discovered, such as a recent update in 2023.

 

[Kirkhill]

Perhaps somebody better versed in economics than me can answer this.

If Trump runs with a strong dollar policy, meaning the USD gains value against all other currencies then wouldn't that drive the price of imports down? If he drives the price of imports down then he can afford to apply tariffs on imports without driving prices and inflation up, it seems to me.

Also, a strong dollar would tend to discourage exports, making more domestically produced material available for the domestic market.