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

[Brad Sallows]

Is the bottling move only for the American market or will they distill up here, ship it south, bottle it, then ship sellable bottles back up?

We send seafood across the Pacific to be processed in Asia and shipped back to Canada. Why not bulk liquor to the US?

 

[HavokFour]

He and everyone with a pulse knows exactly why.

“It’s obvious, at least at this point in time, that that’s not going to happen,” Mr. Hoekstra said.

He did not fully explain what was preventing such a deal.

Washington was hoping for ‘bigger’ deal with Canada than USMCA, ambassador says

Pete Hoekstra said White House wanted agreement encompassing numerous subjects, including defence

www.theglobeandmail.com

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[Czech_pivo]

He and everyone with a pulse knows exactly why.

Washington was hoping for ‘bigger’ deal with Canada than USMCA, ambassador says

Pete Hoekstra said White House wanted agreement encompassing numerous subjects, including defence

www.theglobeandmail.com

Archive

Interesting comments by him yesterday about Canada following the US on tariffs on Chinese EV's considering that news that we might drop said tariffs on Chinese EV's. A bit of a cat and mouse game going on here.

 

[HavokFour]

Off to Mexico this morning.

Canada, Mexico to sign strategic partnership agreement

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[daftandbarmy]

Off to Mexico this morning.

Canada, Mexico to sign strategic partnership agreement

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

The Snowbird Summit

 

[Brad Sallows]

The Snowbird Summit

A meeting about agreeing to have more meetings. I can hardly contain my excitement. No, mister, I can feel it! The dice are rolling!

 

[Kirkhill]

Exclusive: Chinese–Mexican Syndicate Shipping Methods Exposed — Vancouver as a Global Meth Hub

AUCKLAND — The case of Fatima Qurban-Ali, a 30-year-old Canadian sentenced recently in New Zealand for attempting to import nearly 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine on a flight from Vancouver — coerced at gunpoint by a transnational drug syndicate, the court heard — has illuminated a...

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Canadians of various origins and motivations moving large quantities of Meths from Vancouver for Sino-Mexican traders.

But we don't have a drugs problem. There is no reason for the US to pay special attention to us.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Nice car industry you got there - shame if anything ever happened to it …

Lutnick dismisses any prospect of auto deal between U.S. and Canada: sources

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is dismissing any prospect of a comprehensive auto deal with Canada, according to three sources in the room for when he made the comments.

www.ctvnews.ca

Lutnick says Canada should adopt U.S.-first policy in domestic auto industry | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Lutnick says Canada should adopt U.S.-first policy in domestic auto industry Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

globalnews.ca

Trump commerce secretary takes ‘aggressive’ stance against Ontario auto industry, sources say | Globalnews.ca

Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration is increasingly focused on vehicle assembly based in the United States, according to multiple sources who heard the discussion.

globalnews.ca

 

[McG]

Senate votes against Trump’s Canadian tarrifs.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/canada-tariffs-senate-vote-trump

 

[McG]

US Senate delivers another vote against Trump’s tariff, this time rejecting the whole global tariff war.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983947887454154786

 

[The Bread Guy]

On the Ontario Reagan ad, survey says ....

The Ford Ad: Despite Trump’s tariff wrath, majority agree with ON government running TV spot featuring Reagan - Angus Reid Institute

Half say ad helps Americans understand counterview to Trump tariff policy, but impact viewed as ‘small’ October 31, 2025 – As if the Toronto Blue Jays weren’t providing enough drama this October, even the commercial breaks in the World Series have caused the political and economic equivalent of...

angusreid.org

 

[Kirkhill]

So we can expect to see US and Chinese ads assisting us in understanding the issues during our next election.

 

[Czech_pivo]

So we can expect to see US and Cinese ads assisting us in understanding the issues during our next election.

what's so very sad and plainly laid out by this ad is the current state of disarray and inertia that is affecting the Democrats in the US today. I mean, it really truly does seem like Ontario and the Government of Canada is really the only ones standing up for the 'ordinary' American at this point. The Democrats should be picking up on Ontario's ad and running variations of it throughout all of the US pointing out Reagan and the Republican parties past stand against Tariffs. The fact that they haven't been and more than likely won't be speaks volumes on the capitulation that exists in America today.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The Dems are completely traumatized by the Clinton/Biden/KH debacle and fear of Bernie and ilk taking over, this has paralyzed them for now. They need a new, strong centre left candidate with minimal baggage to rally the troops around.

 

[Brad Sallows]

The Democrats should be picking up on Ontario's ad and running variations of it throughout all of the US pointing out Reagan and the Republican parties past stand against Tariffs. The fact that they haven't been and more than likely won't be speaks volumes on the capitulation that exists in America today.

Anyone could have been making efforts to educate Americans about the impacts of import tariffs even before the election result (pointing out the flaws in campaign promises is pretty common dog campaigning). A bit late now.

People usually don't contest an exercise of political power they plan to use themselves one day.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Anyone could have been making efforts to educate Americans about the impacts of import tariffs even before the election result (pointing out the flaws in campaign promises is pretty common dog campaigning). A bit late now.

People usually don't contest an exercise of political power they plan to use themselves one day.

That is a very interesting observation. I need to think that one over a bit.

 

[McG]

So we can expect to see US and Chinese ads assisting us in understanding the issues during our next election.

What election is happening in the US?

 

[Kirkhill]

What election is happening in the US?

You are right. Why would they limit themselves to elections?

 

[Cloud Cover]

The Dems are completely traumatized by the Clinton/Biden/KH debacle and fear of Bernie and ilk taking over, this has paralyzed them for now. They need a new, strong centre left candidate with minimal baggage to rally the troops around.

Bernie and ilk have taken over the DNC, probably 2 years ago… I’m not sure Gavin Newsom can displace them.

 

[Kirkhill]

The Dems are completely traumatized by the Clinton/Biden/KH debacle and fear of Bernie and ilk taking over, this has paralyzed them for now. They need a new, strong centre left candidate with minimal baggage to rally the troops around.

Make that a strong centre-right candidate.

That is what is happening in Europe. Social Democrat parties in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands are taking much harder lines on immigration and becoming distinctly more nationalist.

The Globalist/Internationalist factions are having to take a back seat for now, along with the Environmental lobby.

People want cheap energy.

Including people like Bill Gates who has just discovered that he can't power his AI server dreams with sun and wind.