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[–] 74 points 1 month ago (3 children)
  1. Doubt
  2. I'll never, ever, ever, forgot how the US is behaving right now. They're never more than 4 years from being this shitty, we cannot ever rely on or trust any deal they might try and make.
  3. How about those Epstein files?
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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (1 child)
    1. Doubt

    Correct. My immediate thought here is "Under what law?"

    They've already gone through this. Trump's initial gambit, the IEEPA, got comprehensively struck down. That leaves him with two options; a law that was intended to address balance of payments issues (very likely to get stuck down in its own ongoing legal trials because, tldr, balance of payments issues haven't existed since they moved to fiat currency), which can only be used to impose tariffs of up to 15%, or a law that can be used to apply sector specific tariffs but only after an extensive investigation. That means they actually have to be able to justify, in court (because they will get sued by all the US buyers affected by these tariffs) the actual economic impact that is being mitigated.

    The former is a non-starter - capped at 15%, has to be applied globally, not to one specific country, and based on super shakey legal grounds, and the latter will collapse the moment they're asked to show their work.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I guess they think they found a new law.

    I’m just tired of this shit. No deal with the US means anything. No, there aren’t good American politicians who will stand up for what’s right, and you’re never four years away from either a better deal or your deals getting ripped up.

    The USA cannot be trusted as a partner ever again. I’ll never ever forget.

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    [–] 62 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    This is Trump's way to divert the world from the Iran quagmire he got himself into.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Eh, I'd say Hanlon's razor applies quite nicely here (as with pretty much everything Trump causes). The guy is a complete moron that acts entirely without self-control or rationality after all.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    He's mad Spain photoshopped him out of the team photo yesterday and we're the closest to his reach.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Wait what? Did that really happen 🀣

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Not quite. He wandered into the photoshoot trying to horn in on it, like a total fucknugget, but they escorted him off the stage and the photoshoot continued.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ah got it, wandered on to the stage and assumed everyone was cheering for him

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  • [–] 42 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

    Trump to hit Canada Americans with new 50% tarrif on Canadian goods.

    FTFY. Mexico didn't pay for the wall, Americans did. Canada doesn't pay the tarrifs, Americans do.

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    [–] 32 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Bring back the digital services tax.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    "The Court's 6-3 decision determined that the 1977 IEEPA law does not grant the executive branch the authority to levy tariffs, emphasizing that the power to tax and impose duties rests exclusively with Congress under Article I of the Constitution."

    That was in February, I swear that any Republican whom thinks he isn't anti republic is hiding their head in the dirt.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago*

    Ok

    Toddler having another tantrum.

    Anyways…

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I think it's time to start allowing Canadian corn whisky to be called "bourbon".

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    [–] 20 points 1 month ago

    The best response to unpredictable neighbours: Canada needs to diversify, maintain strong internal unity, and to focus on relentless self-reliance. Canada has goods the world wants. If the US doesn't want them Canada can and should go elsewhere.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago

    Trump. Rapes. Children.

    Smoke and mirrors. Don’t look up.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    Good. Double it. Triple it. Cut off all trade.

    DO IT

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    Why stop there? Why not 2000%?

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    [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    exempting "energy, potash, critical minerals and fish" is interesting. I wonder if a possible strategy would be to put limits on those just above the current export amount, just to demonstrate that we could.

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    [–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    When does Canada impose tariffs on America for their vile, insidious, invasive wildfire smoke from Oregon, Ohio and California needlessly gassing poor innocent Canadians?

    Sheesh, we can write crap sensationalistic stuff too ya know.

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    It would be so funny if all countries stopped trade with the USA. Let him whine about that.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It wouldn't have to be on everything either just pick something like orange juice whiskey or a particular weapons system as a bunch of middle powers to boycott or refuse entry.

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    [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    Breaking news: Screaming toddler repeats the same threats he's made numerous times before.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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    [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Keep going guy. We could use the reminder. Moving trade away from the US needs a lot of pressure to happen to any significant degree.

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Yep time to get those Epstein files out.

    Time to sell us bonds to tank the us borrowing rates

    Also time for Canada to recind/ limit any us patents on drugs or copyrights on media to 5 years since initial release.

    Maybe repeal anything related to dcma

    And why not let's let Doug ford unplug new York for a few hours every day for shits and giggles

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    raise the price of Canadian oil

    separatists should stop sucking up to the us

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The 50 per cent rate is being imposed in response to what a senior administration official described as Canada's retaliation against U.S. trade policy and its discrimination against U.S. motor vehicles, dairy and alcohol.

    The new rate would apply to a variety of Canadian imports, "ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement," the official said, adding that the White House will publish a full list of the affected products.

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  • Person who doesn't know how tariffs work blindly threatens tariffs again.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    department of trade war hits again

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    So if they're just openly breaking the agreement, does any legal process automatically happen/become possible on our side, or is it a judgement call from the PMs office again?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Its a bargaining chip.

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