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

[rmc_wannabe]

One thing I (and many others, Blue or Red alike) hated about PMJT was his inability to pivot from harmful policy in light of changing conditions or events. Be it COVID, Ukraine, or the fact that budgets don't, in fact, balance themselves.

I would find myself hypocritical to deride this new PMMC Goverment for doing the thing I wanted, by ditching the #ElbowsUp approach and trying something different. 6 months is eons in the world of politics.

Hopefully this brings the Americans to the table in better faith and we can get on with business.

 

[daftandbarmy]

One thing I (and many others, Blue or Red alike) hated about PMJT was his inability to pivot from harmful policy in light of changing conditions or events. Be it COVID, Ukraine, or the fact that budgets don't, in fact, balance themselves.

I would find myself hypocritical to deride this new PMMC Goverment for doing the thing I wanted, by ditching the #ElbowsUp approach and trying something different. 6 months is eons in the world of politics.

Hopefully this brings the Americans to the table in better faith and we can get on with business.

Half a million US soybean farmers agree....

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[Czech_pivo]

Then we continue what we’re already doing- diversify our trade elsewhere to the extent feasible, find policies that encourage growth and diversification of Canadian industry etc.

The American population is showing an incredible tolerance for really stupid and self-destructive policy and administration action in other aspects of government, so it’s absolutely possible that we have overestimated the extent to which they’ll ’smarten up’, at least under the current administration. We seem to have our own government hoping for the best but planning for the worst, so there we are I suppose.

They will continue to do so right up until they snap - and when they do will be brutal. It was the same situation during the lead up to the late summer of 2008.

 

[McG]

A positive development, but this is not over.

Live updates: Appeals court finds Trump’s tariffs unconstitutional but leaves them in place for now

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy.

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[The Bread Guy]

FYI, just pulled in another tariff thread to make this an "all things US-CAN tariffs" thread, so thread title also edited.

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[QV]

Video shows Doug Ford pouring out a bottle of Crown Royal over decision to close Ontario plant

Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year

nationalpost.com

Premier Ford is big mad at Diageo, the maker of Crown Royal. Instead of recommending Ontarians not buy the iconic Canadian whisky he ought ask himself why the company felt it had no choice but to move some bottling to the US.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

Premier Ford is big mad at Diageo, the maker of Crown Royal. Instead of recommending Ontarians not buy the iconic Canadian whisky he ought ask himself why the company felt it had no choice but to move some bottling to the US.

Oh, Oh!

I know this one.

Is it the fact that the market is 10 times larger in the US? And that crown Royal is the most popular whiskey in the US?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Video shows Doug Ford pouring out a bottle of Crown Royal over decision to close Ontario plant

Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year

nationalpost.com

Premier Ford is big mad at Diageo, the maker of Crown Royal. Instead of recommending Ontarians not buy the iconic Canadian whisky he ought ask himself why the company felt it had no choice but to move some bottling to the US.

This is all an overly emotional response. CR still has ton of footprint in Canada.

 

[lenaitch]

Apparently distilled liquor sales are down across the board according to one expert:

Crown Royal bottling plant closure was expected as global whisky sales decline, expert says

While the recent announcement that Diageo will soon close its longstanding Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., has shocked the region, one Canadian whisky expert says the move was a long time coming."Whisky in general is selling less right around the world," said Davin de...

ca.news.yahoo.com