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U.S. demanding concessions from Canada before trade talks, sources say (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Nils@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Canada already gave it in last time they talked (end of tech tax, retaliatory tariffs, ...). I wonder what they want now, and if Carney will go above and beyond for Trump again (as in he could easily have bound the concessions with the continuity of the negotiations).

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[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

Canada reps should show up 3 hours late and piss on the table.

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 months ago

The US president already shits himself on live TV, so he's already got us beat there.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

gotta set the tone.

[-] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Now I'm picturing Mark Carney showing up rapping.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 months ago

I don't understand why anyone would sign an agreement with this guy. He goes back on his word every day, he has no credibility.

[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Not only do they not keep their word, they use fake negotiations as a deceptive tactic and then kill the opposing negotiators. Not that I expect them to do that to Canada, but there’s no such thing as good faith negotiations from them.

[-] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Yup they are a gangster regime.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 months ago

How about go fuck your self instead?

[-] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago

fuck em then, no talks

Go pound sand yankee doodle

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago

Fucking Americans man...

[-] DredPyr8Roberts@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Concede us nothing, Canada. Then make your own demands for concessions. The boycotts are working, don't give up now.

[-] Ariselas@piefed.ca 16 points 3 months ago

Canada should close the St. Lawrence to US traffic

[-] Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

could we, like, impose a toll?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Mark should signal through admin staff that he's cancelling his travel plans and call it a day. He has better things to worry about, and when the yanks' federal rep has a better attitude they can just rebook.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

This iteration of North American trade talks are going like the equivalent of some ticket sales page where there's a constant upsell for nothing in return.

Protect your land now! Would you like to buy 51st state insurance?
Limited time offer! Jump to the front of the line with "Gold Tier Queue" for one low bribe!
Don't miss your chance to bundle an exclusive dinner with Jared Kushner!
Would you like a side of Trump Crypto with your order?

Mark Carney just has to click "Skip", "Skip", "Skip", "Skip" ad infinitum...

[-] SW42@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Oh, TACO Tuesday is coming!

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As far as I can determine the Canadian government would be just fine letting the agreement as is continue, so, uh.....No.

PS. Kiss my ass.

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Just keep kicking the can down the road until mid terms and they impeach Trump.

[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca -5 points 3 months ago

Watch Carney fail the walk again after saying the right words…

[-] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I feel for his words many times now. He does something bad, then a press conference with all his charms, here comes another bad thing, another press... rinse and repeat.

The digital services tax was expected to bring $2B USD. He dropped it, alleging help in the negotiations without any fallback plan. At that moment, I realized he was using those excuses as an opportunity to pass his agendas, as in, dropping those taxes were his plans all along. It is easy to pass unpopular decisions when he has a scapegoat like Trump.