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

This is a real hand grenade thrown into his plans on using them as leverage after starting a trade war with... the whole planet.
You mean there is no national emergency? That immigrants are not an alien invading army? Who knew.
 
Libertarians in various corners are quite happy.

See here.

So it looks like the end of tariffs will be at the hands of Americans annoyed by the self-inflicted damage after all.
 
Libertarians in various corners are quite happy.

See here.

So it looks like the end of tariffs will be at the hands of Americans annoyed by the self-inflicted damage after all.

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.
 
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.
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.
 
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?
 
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
 
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…
 
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.

 
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.



By APMA figuring, a compact SUV model Arrow could roll off a Canadian assembly line by 2029 with a sticker price of $35,000, he added, ready to be one of the two million cars sold each year in Canada.

 
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.





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.
 
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