▲ 346 ▼ Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago by Ironfist@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seems like we're getting our tariffs soon too. Gobshite. Wonder what his excuse will be for us since it's not going to be drugs or borders. One way to offset the damage would be for the EU and Canada / Mexico to start trading more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) His excuse is the trade deficit. EU exports more to the US than they import. He wants the EU to buy more US oil and gas. Also Greenland, he thinks he can take the EU economy hostage to get Greenland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not sure he has the power to just impose tarrifs unilaterally. His excuse was the drugs and border for Canada which allows him to use some obscure law from the 70s to claim an emergency but that doesn't apply to Europe is my (limited) understanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Why do you think the laws matter? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Already done. CETA was provisionally applied in 2017. Full ratification unlikely just due to the nature of how the EU half works. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seems like we're getting our tariffs soon too. Gobshite. Wonder what his excuse will be for us since it's not going to be drugs or borders. One way to offset the damage would be for the EU and Canada / Mexico to start trading more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) His excuse is the trade deficit. EU exports more to the US than they import. He wants the EU to buy more US oil and gas. Also Greenland, he thinks he can take the EU economy hostage to get Greenland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not sure he has the power to just impose tarrifs unilaterally. His excuse was the drugs and border for Canada which allows him to use some obscure law from the 70s to claim an emergency but that doesn't apply to Europe is my (limited) understanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Why do you think the laws matter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child) His excuse is the trade deficit. EU exports more to the US than they import. He wants the EU to buy more US oil and gas. Also Greenland, he thinks he can take the EU economy hostage to get Greenland permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not sure he has the power to just impose tarrifs unilaterally. His excuse was the drugs and border for Canada which allows him to use some obscure law from the 70s to claim an emergency but that doesn't apply to Europe is my (limited) understanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Why do you think the laws matter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm not sure he has the power to just impose tarrifs unilaterally. His excuse was the drugs and border for Canada which allows him to use some obscure law from the 70s to claim an emergency but that doesn't apply to Europe is my (limited) understanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Why do you think the laws matter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Why do you think the laws matter? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Already done. CETA was provisionally applied in 2017. Full ratification unlikely just due to the nature of how the EU half works. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement permalink fedilink source parent