• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    American here.

    Keep doing what you’re doing Canada. Don’t play this retard’s game. The ONLY thing conservatives understand is money. Hit them where it hurts. It’s the only thing that’ll make them sour on this traitor.

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      21 days ago

      American trade is nearly worth half of Canada’s total GDP. something like 75~80% of total Canadian exports go to the US. if they actually retaliate in force they could be dooming their country to an economic crisis if Trump is spiteful enough. so far the Canadian tariffs have only touched about $30B worth of goods, or 7% of the total trade.

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        21 days ago

        Bottom line is Canada can’t rely on an unreliable country that literally threatens them.

        It’s time for the world to move away from working with the U.S. We’ve shown we aren’t trustworthy. Canada needs to increase trade to other countries to compensate.

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          21 days ago

          sounds nice in theory but i don’t think people realize just how integrated their economy is to the US

          entire industries are completely dependent on US trade. they traded large swathes of their economic autonomy away for easy access to the US market. prosperity was deemed more important than sovereignty

          it’s a decision that was decades in the making and it will likely take decades to reverse.

          and if we’re being honest it shouldn’t have exactly taken Trump to make Canada realize the US acts in its own interests. Look at NAFTA signed by Bill Clinton. We pressured Canada into accepting a deal that forced them to maintain a certain level of oil export to the US even if there were domestic shortages.

          It’s not the type of agreement equal parties or allies come to. It’s a relationship of domination. Always has been

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        20 days ago

        Can you ship moose ribs to Europe? Never had them, but seems like something I’d enjoy.

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      20 days ago

      Yeah the world’s doing its part, but it’d be nice if Americans did theirs.

      Other than Bernie Sanders, the rest sure like to bitch a lot, but actions speak louder and they’re not getting out of their couches…