HavokFour
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SCOTUS will be what to watch. Surely they've seen enough now that giving him more power is a really bad idea.
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SCOTUS will be what to watch. Surely they've seen enough now that giving him more power is a really bad idea.
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You must be new here.
Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ futures are all up on the news.
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You mean there is no national emergency? That immigrants are not an alien invading army? Who knew.
MilEME09
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Well definitely not from Europe and Asia
Brad Sallows
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With two appellate levels above this decision and a badly captured Supreme Court, we’re a ways away from being able to ‘after all’ this, and losses in court on the legality of unilateral executive action doesn’t mean he won’t go back and try to get stuff through his rather pliant Congress.
This is very good news of course - for trade, for the division of powers, and for the rule of law - but I’d see this as being an ad break in the first period. These tariffs underlie most of Trump’s coercive power. Willingness of other parties to make concessions will cool considerably, and that will piss him off such that he’ll look for what other levers he can pull. If Trump has a bee in his bonnet over tariffs, a summary judgment at the initial level of court is not going to be the end of things.
The markets will still view this and price it in against a headwind of volatility and uncertainty that’s going to continue for a while.
Further to my last: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/tru...karound-after-trade-court-blocks-tariffs.html
More options he has at hand. Some of them can be. Rough to bear immediately or quickly, and oversight or constraints don’t kick in as quickly. Not as unconstrained as the emergency powers he pretended to have, but he can still, at least in the near term, achieve much of the same ends.
More options he has at hand. Some of them can be. Rough to bear immediately or quickly, and oversight or constraints don’t kick in as quickly. Not as unconstrained as the emergency powers he pretended to have, but he can still, at least in the near term, achieve much of the same ends.
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The USSC isn't composed of the president's people, and neither is Congress. Only a small number of people in government (mostly in the administration itself) support the tariffs, regardless which excuse - leverage to change border control behaviour, shift of revenues away from income taxes - is advanced.
Other avenues for tariffs will just kick things back to where they were in previous administrations, during which tariffs were not "crises" for other nations, let alone the world.
The only thing to fear is that all levels of Canadian government will be even more prone to continue stalling on removing their various precious trade barriers.
Initial rumours of a deal…
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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.
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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
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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...)
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You know you're in trouble when Big Coal is laying off...
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.
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.
HavokFour
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Still in the prototyping phase, but this could is the birth of a Canadian car manufacturer. Hopefully it wont meet the same fate as it's namesake or get eating by an American company.
www.nationalobserver.com
www.projectarrow.ca
Arrow reborn: an all-Canadian EV aims to revolutionize industry
Innovative electric vehicle built using only domestically-produced next-generation automotive technologies moves into '2.0' model as sector battles through transition away from gas-fuelled designs.
Home | Project Arrow
www.projectarrow.ca
That’s really inexpensive. I suspect we’ll see emergent manufacturers, unencumbered by legacy workforces and their unions, who are able to establish brand new and highly automated assembly lines that significantly reduce human labour needs.Still in the prototyping phase, but this could is the birth of a Canadian car manufacturer. Hopefully it wont meet the same fate as it's namesake or get eating by an American company.
Arrow reborn: an all-Canadian EV aims to revolutionize industry
Innovative electric vehicle built using only domestically-produced next-generation automotive technologies moves into '2.0' model as sector battles through transition away from gas-fuelled designs.
Home | Project Arrow
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“Trusted ally” indeed - but this is aaaaallll about getting us to spend more on defence, right?
