Canada & US Trade Tentions

[Publius]

It’s a game of chicken. The US relies on minerals from Canada about 47%
Canadas exports to US account for 60-70+% of canadas total exports.

This is less a trade war and a political gambit on upcoming US elections.

Canada has significant quotas and tariffs on US agriculture and steal and auto parts imports.
Pick a side there is no moral high ground here just economic self interest.
Otherwise known as trade negotiations, not a foreign policy collapse. No matter the rhetoric.
And no the US is not going to invade Canada.

 

[william]

CBC just aired a version of the Canada–U.S. trade story Canadians rarely hear.

Trade expert Kelly Ann Shaw says Washington was prepared to ease tariffs on steel, aluminum, lumber and autos. The price? Canada dropping retaliatory measures involving alcohol, dairy and autos so both sides could “start with a fresh, clean slate.” That deal collapsed. Her warning now: buckle up for months of friction. And one detail cuts through the rhetoric: Roughly 95% of Canadian imports still enter the U.S. tariff-free under USMCA. This was never simply “America attacking Canada. It was a negotiation over retaliation, leverage and trust.

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