Us imposes steel/aluminum tariffs

taxslave

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I was angry at Trump in the last few days. But now that I'm calmer and have given it more thought, the US steel tariffs will hurt US industry more than anyone else. With that in mind, the best response would be for our own government to not respond with counter-tariffs and instead just watch in bewilderment.

That is only because you do not understand tariffs.
 

Ocean Breeze

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We could use that to our advantage. Raise tariffs against US nicotine, alcohol, and animal products and byproducts in the hope that Trump react in kind. Like clockwork, he probably would which in turn would raise the price of tobacco, alcohol, and high-cholesterol products which could turn out well. It makes us look tough to our electorate and allows Canada to direct the damage of a trade war to the least desirable industries anyway.
not to mention a healthier CDA ;-)
 

Bar Sinister

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Well, it's hardly spur of the moment, been 500+ days in the making! Much to the chagrin of the likes of OB, Flossie, Bar Sinister and two or three others.


Really? I pretty much regard you as a figure of fun.

 

spilledthebeer

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Really? I pretty much regard you as a figure of fun.



Loonie leftists are trying to poison our economy and military alliances that protect us!


The idiots who see Trump as the great enemy should take some time to consider what life would be like under the Chinese Communist Party!



Why should Cdns fear China?


About 7 years ago China did something that Canada has YET to do- the Chinese built and launched their first class one ice breaker- a ship capable of travelling safely to the North Pole and back again- alone and unassisted!


So WHY does China want a class one icebreaker when they do NOT have a millimeter of Arctic coast line?


The Chinese admiral who will be commanding the ship and related fleet tells us this: China has 20 percent of the worlds population and is ENTITLED to 20 percent of the worlds resources!


So all you Trump haters should ask yourself WHERE China plans to run the ice breaker and why?


And if your answer does not involve Beaufort Sea and Northwest Passage then you are bigger fools than I think you are!


Those Yankees are not saints but they ARE not murdering huge job lots of political prisoners either- in spite of what airheads like Black Lives Matter say!


There are lots of black people who are living proof of what Rob Ford said about Toronto!



Ford said the only people who are really unsafe in Toronto are the ones "selling drugs and guns and stolen goods"!


It is truly remarkable how many of the people that Black LIves Matter are defending have LONG criminal records with outstanding arrest warrants that cops were trying to enforce when the issues that BLM whine about appear!


Anybody who thinks Trump is bad had better spend time considering the alternatives because Trump and U.S. military is the LAST DITCH DEFENSE before the Chaos WINS!


The Russian population is about 6 times larger than Canada and yet our economy is LARGER- and Russia/Putin is doing as all 19th century bullies have done- looking for others he can ROB to aid his people!


China is held together with good luck and ruthless secret police and they desperately want access to new resources VERY CHEAPLY and do not mind killing for it as their state sponsored actions in Darfur prove.


Or the cynic could look at Chinese moves in the Spratley Islands area- the islands are claimed by FIVE countries including Malaysia, Indonesia. Vietnam- with China being the biggest and most advanced military and they simply moved in and did a PILE OF DREDGING and converted several small islands into a heavily fortified military base complete with missile batteries and a fighter jet runway and thumbed their nose at international protestors!


There is oil and natural gas in the Spratley |Islands area- hence the Chinese claim- and this is simply a small scale rehearsal of the "gold rush" that will occur if United States and its military backs off the world stage!


United States cannot and should not be required to play world cop on its own- others of good will and conscience MUST AID them! And that means fools like Our idiot Boy Justin should get a serious slap in the head for funding Hamas and for encouraging anti Israel groups!


Our idiot Boy keeps whining about trade and gender issues while Trump wants to talk about Muslim terror, organized crime and Russian and Chinese spies stealing advanced Yankee technology that will enable the Chaos to WIN and hold us to very costly ransom!
 

Bar Sinister

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Loonie leftists are trying to poison our economy and military alliances that protect us!


The idiots who see Trump as the great enemy should take some time to consider what life would be like under the Chinese Communist Party!



Why should Cdns fear China?


About 7 years ago China did something that Canada has YET to do- the Chinese built and launched their first class one ice breaker- a ship capable of travelling safely to the North Pole and back again- alone and unassisted!


So WHY does China want a class one icebreaker when they do NOT have a millimeter of Arctic coast line?


The Chinese admiral who will be commanding the ship and related fleet tells us this: China has 20 percent of the worlds population and is ENTITLED to 20 percent of the worlds resources!


So all you Trump haters should ask yourself WHERE China plans to run the ice breaker and why?


And if your answer does not involve Beaufort Sea and Northwest Passage then you are bigger fools than I think you are!


Those Yankees are not saints but they ARE not murdering huge job lots of political prisoners either- in spite of what airheads like Black Lives Matter say!


There are lots of black people who are living proof of what Rob Ford said about Toronto!



Ford said the only people who are really unsafe in Toronto are the ones "selling drugs and guns and stolen goods"!


It is truly remarkable how many of the people that Black LIves Matter are defending have LONG criminal records with outstanding arrest warrants that cops were trying to enforce when the issues that BLM whine about appear!


Anybody who thinks Trump is bad had better spend time considering the alternatives because Trump and U.S. military is the LAST DITCH DEFENSE before the Chaos WINS!


The Russian population is about 6 times larger than Canada and yet our economy is LARGER- and Russia/Putin is doing as all 19th century bullies have done- looking for others he can ROB to aid his people!


China is held together with good luck and ruthless secret police and they desperately want access to new resources VERY CHEAPLY and do not mind killing for it as their state sponsored actions in Darfur prove.


Or the cynic could look at Chinese moves in the Spratley Islands area- the islands are claimed by FIVE countries including Malaysia, Indonesia. Vietnam- with China being the biggest and most advanced military and they simply moved in and did a PILE OF DREDGING and converted several small islands into a heavily fortified military base complete with missile batteries and a fighter jet runway and thumbed their nose at international protestors!


There is oil and natural gas in the Spratley |Islands area- hence the Chinese claim- and this is simply a small scale rehearsal of the "gold rush" that will occur if United States and its military backs off the world stage!


United States cannot and should not be required to play world cop on its own- others of good will and conscience MUST AID them! And that means fools like Our idiot Boy Justin should get a serious slap in the head for funding Hamas and for encouraging anti Israel groups!


Our idiot Boy keeps whining about trade and gender issues while Trump wants to talk about Muslim terror, organized crime and Russian and Chinese spies stealing advanced Yankee technology that will enable the Chaos to WIN and hold us to very costly ransom!


(Yawn)
 

spilledthebeer

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We will see .


People like Bar Silly Sister exist in every generation. In the 19030`s and 40`s they would have supported Brit Roger Mosely and Norwegian Vidcun Quisling!


And of course there is also our very own Pet- Pierre Eliot Trudeau who was quite happy to tell us that the war against Nazi Germany was "British Imperialism"!



There are cowards and appeasers and trouble makers seeking dictatorial powers in every generation!


These cowards and appeasers were the type who supported Vichy France in collaboration with Nazis!



One has only to look at Sacha Trudeau who wrote a new introduction to his fathers crappy old book "Two Innocents in Red China"! Sacha IGNORES Pierre heaping fawning praise on Chairman Mao for "his genius in rushing 30 million Chinese to the gallows" during the Great Leap Forward- that failed badly!



And Our idiot Boy Justin is oblivious to the ugly irony as he tells us "he likes the way the Chinese leaders get things done"!
 

JamesBondo

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People like Bar Silly Sister exist in every generation. In the 19030`s and 40`s they would have supported Brit Roger Mosely and Norwegian Vidcun Quisling!


And of course there is also our very own Pet- Pierre Eliot Trudeau who was quite happy to tell us that the war against Nazi Germany was "British Imperialism"!



There are cowards and appeasers and trouble makers seeking dictatorial powers in every generation!


These cowards and appeasers were the type who supported Vichy France in collaboration with Nazis!



One has only to look at Sacha Trudeau who wrote a new introduction to his fathers crappy old book "Two Innocents in Red China"! Sacha IGNORES Pierre heaping fawning praise on Chairman Mao for "his genius in rushing 30 million Chinese to the gallows" during the Great Leap Forward- that failed badly!



And Our idiot Boy Justin is oblivious to the ugly irony as he tells us "he likes the way the Chinese leaders get things done"!

What is your point?

So you think starting trade wars with several dozen of the word's largest economies is a good move? Looks like I understand economics better than you do.

Looks like you understand elections even less that trade. Ontario just voted her ass out of there.