Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, announces tit-for-tat 25% tariffs and warns of impeded access to ‘vital goods critical to US security’
  • FelixCress@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    34·
    3 months ago

    The EU has a trade deal with Canada already, perhaps there is a scope for further improvement?

      • cyd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        “Via Greenland” makes no sense. The trouble with Canada-Europe trade is that Canada unfortunately lacks a good port on its east coast (certainly nothing comparable to Vancouver in the west). For the foreseeable future, if the trade dispute with the US drags on, Canada’s best bet is to expand its trade with Asia.

          • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            Good location, limited infrastructure. They’d need to build a full commercial cargo port, and probably expand the oil/gas facility a lot.

            • Peppycito@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              I was in Halifax for the first time this summer. I guess looking back it’s pretty crowded already. I saw some huge ships and parking lots unloading cars so I guess they’re already busy with that. I’m going to Montreal on March break, I’ll be sure to pay attention to their shipping arrangements. They’re more of a container port I think?

              • Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                I live right next to the port of Montréal, so I can provide info if you want. But I know nothing about ports. All I can say is that there’s a lot of containers, big round things (to store oil?), and various industry including sugar, beer, some battery-related chemistry, among other things.

                There’s another port, also close to where I live, that’s actually in another city. But it seems to be a city mostly for industry. It has only a mere 2000 inhabitants, and a lot of industry, especially oil. The city has the uninspiring name of “Montréal-est”.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    3 months ago

    Joke’s on you orange pile of dung! I got me a yearly supply of avocados from Mexico! I could afford 5!

    If I eat them 1 gram per day and I freeze dry them, I should have avocado for life!

  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    I seem to remember that what the EU did to good effect last time this asshat was president was to place extremely directed tariffs/taxes on specific goods from Trump-friendly areas. Essentially saying “we’re going to toll oranges from this specific county in that specific swing state in order to drive a couple specific producers out of business”, and then did that across the country. The advantage being that WTO agreements allow you to answer tariffs dollar-for-dollar, so you can respond to wide-reaching tolls that amount to X USD (e.g. tolls on the entire European aluminium industry) with extremely hard-hitting tolls on very specific producers.

    We should be doing that again. Don’t touch the wider American population, but put all our weight into hitting hard against cornerstone businesses in pro-trump counties. Make them regret voting this guy in thinking it would better their economy.

    • FelixCress@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I think it was on specific goods produced in the states supporting Trump. Yes, this is definitely the answer.