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Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, but import taxes still in place for Canada and China (apnews.com)
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I'm guessing he's punishing the blue states here cause that's where most of the trade with Canada happens.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah just saw, looks like Trump blinked for now

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

trump blinked? or trudeau groveled? My money says trumps poker face is stiffer than trudeau's back bone.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Trudeau definitely groveled and publicly too, but seems like the US might not want to have reciprocal sanctions from both Canada and Mexico all at once. Could also be that Trump just used that as an opener and will extract concessions now that everybody knows he's serious.