Canada has the means to win this stupid trade war, partly because they aren't idiots who started trade wars with the rest of their allies.
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Soo, we get the US tariffed aluminium and steel from Canada then?
The U.S. lacks the production capacity to meet domestic demand for steel and aluminum, else imports wouldn’t be necessary. I.e. domestic aluminum only covered about 15% of demand in 2024
With a 50% tariff, businesses relying on these materials will still have to import, but at much higher costs.
Trump believes this will boost domestic production, and even if that was true it would take years. However, in reality, it will likely reduce consumption due to skyrocketing prices, leading to lower demand, layoffs, and eventually recession.
The 1920s are calling.
Aluminum requires a ton of cheap electricity/energy to produce. Which certain provinces in Canada have abundance of, along with the ore. Production isn't going to US because he put tariffs.
Russian agent in White House put tariff on Aluminum from neighboring very hostile country Canada, and plans to get it very cool and very legal from Russia instead.
The Russian agent has allegedly been identified, but Americans have decided it's OK to have Russian agents in the White House now.
Read Next: Americans puzzled about why nobody likes them anymore.
What really concerns me, is that even here in Germany i hear people saying "eh, Trump is ok, at least he's doing something".
It's not only a few that think like this and it's always the same people that are anti vaccine, anti trans rights, anti woke.
I don't like this timeline anymore, but the reset button isn't working...
It was pretty eye-opening when I was in Germany and Austria a couple years ago and heard people parroting the EXACT right-wing taking points I hear in the States.
There are always the 10% idiots, unfortunately AfD somehow got 20% of the vote.
The people who love fascism think it's their chance now. But they are mistaken. Europe is not giving in to that again.
But they are mistaken. Europe is not giving in to that again.
how do you have so much faith? if you look at the Nazi elections it went something like
~2.5% ⇒ ~5% ⇒ 10% ⇒ 20% ⇒ 30something% ⇒ dictatorship
if you look at AfD it's following s similar pattern and we're currently at 20something%
Looking at past history, just one more successful election cycle and the far-right can consolidate and eliminate any democratic opposition
I'm guessing by Nazi elections you are referring to the pre WW2 elections, where the NSDP took power without a majority.
The difference now in for instance Germany is that AfD is by far most popular in a small segment of the country. And even if AfD get 30% they will not be able to take exclusive control, probably not even be able to get into government.
I agree it's worrying that AfD is so popular, and it does indicate a problem in Germany that needs to be addressed.
My guess is they are popular because the former East Germany part feel overlooked, and that too many resources are used on refugees/immigrants.
Something Denmark has warned about on a European scale for more than a decade.
We simply haven't figured out a working framework to keep receiving more and more immigrants from non Western countries, for a variety of reasons.
And the worst off in society believe they are the ones to foot the bill, because the poor don't get much share in our increased wealth. But the truth is most of our increased wealth is going to those that already have more than they need.
We need to for instance stop giving more tax benefits to the rich, and have a better balance in how the wealth of our society is distributed. Fascism sucks at doing that, but without an alternative on the left, that's where the protest votes will go. Because they promise to "solve" what the less well off perceive to be a huge part of the problem.
Where in Germany did you hear that junk? Somewhere in the east?
In Cologne of all places ...
As an american, a slight correction.
Read Next: about 40% of Americans puzzled about why nobody likes them anymore. Another 40% puzzled about why anyone still likes them. 20% didn't understand the question, and refused to elaborate.
The second 40% is puzzled why Russia likes them? Do they life under a stone or stmh?
I think you've misunderstood who the everyone else is - its the rest of the world, not Russia.
Dude do you think in Arabic countries anyone beside Israel & in Europe anyone besides Russia likes Amerika nowadays? You can go on with South America and Afrika & Australia. Now how many countries may like you at the time?
There are people yes, and thats kind of the point of the comment...
Didn't get you were talking about individuals.
Just sanction the US. Cut them off completely. That's what, they want, isn't it?
Build a dome, build a dome.
And let the Americans pay or it.
Did the article change out from under you? This title is now literally the opposite of the actual article's title: "Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes"
The problem with Lemmy and the current administration: the POTUS wallfles faster than the algorithm can keep up. (Intentionally so! I like that Lemmy's algorithm discourages doom scrolling)
papa pls no!
All pictures of him make perfect sense when you remember he's sitting in a diaper full of his own shit.
and quite comfortable that way and screaming at people while their eyes water from the stench
Hurry, grab more gasoline! This fire isn't going to put itself out!
It's like shooting yourself in the dick to hurt the other person
Well, just double the tarrifs on electricity to 50%, too.
Turn it off.
His responses sound like robotic Civilization responses. Canada is a high tariff nation because of you dumbass.
“I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,” Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social.
He's getting the US into a sriracha situation for sure
I'm so curious, what do you mean?
IIRC Sriracha had an exclusive provider for their peppers as they provided a unique taste to it. The company then decided to demand lower prices from the farmers causing them to have a falling out. The sauce was unavailable for a long while and when it was brought back it no longer tasted the same, at least IMO. I still eat it occasionally but not as much as before.
Is THAT why the flavor is so different now??? I never knew! I used to love Sriracha but now it tastes synthetic and unpleasant.
Iirc the guy that farmed the original sirracha peppers makes his own hot sauce now with them after the falling oot- tastes exactly like the old sirracha, just under a different name.
Yep. Underwood Ranches. You can buy it from their site directly or on Amazon. It's good stuff.
Yeah it's really fucking funny.
Yeah I'm imagining this falling out ends up with us offering another country good rates on purchasing our stuff.
And he'll rescind them all by this time tomorrow.
No, he rescinded the ones from February so that his base can go around saying "What tarrifs? He rescinded them," while simultaneously complaining about the retaliation tarrifs.
Basically MAGA thinks only Canada currently has tariffs on us.
well he will find out that bullying countries is not the same as bullying students in college or bullying your white collars
We should drop the electricity surcharge to zero by cutting off the supply to the US entirely.
Still too low, I think he should raise it to 100%! (/s) Anyway how is CPC's 30 point lead doing today? To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk
Where this stops, if it stops?
michael moore finally gets to make a sequel to canadian bacon.
He's really helping things along with all these acts of stability, consistency, and predictability. Stuff businesses thrive on. Maybe the business world outside of the stock market (which the manipulation of is what this may all be about anyway) is just ignoring the day to day until something persists long enough to even get into the daily supply chain.
This will lower your bills for sure.