Canada has the means to win this stupid trade war, partly because they aren’t idiots who started trade wars with the rest of their allies.
The U.S. lacks the production capacity to meet domestic demand for steel and aluminum, else imports wouldn’t be necessary. I.e. domestic aluminum only covered about 15% of demand in 2024
With a 50% tariff, businesses relying on these materials will still have to import, but at much higher costs.
Trump believes this will boost domestic production, and even if that was true it would take years. However, in reality, it will likely reduce consumption due to skyrocketing prices, leading to lower demand, layoffs, and eventually recession.
The 1920s are calling.
Aluminum requires a ton of cheap electricity/energy to produce. Which certain provinces in Canada have abundance of, along with the ore. Production isn’t going to US because he put tariffs.
Just sanction the US. Cut them off completely. That’s what, they want, isn’t it?
Did the article change out from under you? This title is now literally the opposite of the actual article’s title: “Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes”
Russian agent in White House put tariff on Aluminum from neighboring very hostile country Canada, and plans to get it very cool and very legal from Russia instead.
The Russian agent has allegedly been identified, but Americans have decided it’s OK to have Russian agents in the White House now.Read Next: Americans puzzled about why nobody likes them anymore.
What really concerns me, is that even here in Germany i hear people saying “eh, Trump is ok, at least he’s doing something”.
It’s not only a few that think like this and it’s always the same people that are anti vaccine, anti trans rights, anti woke.
I don’t like this timeline anymore, but the reset button isn’t working…
It was pretty eye-opening when I was in Germany and Austria a couple years ago and heard people parroting the EXACT right-wing taking points I hear in the States.
There are always the 10% idiots, unfortunately AfD somehow got 20% of the vote.
The people who love fascism think it’s their chance now. But they are mistaken. Europe is not giving in to that again.But they are mistaken. Europe is not giving in to that again.
how do you have so much faith? if you look at the Nazi elections it went something like
~2.5% ⇒ ~5% ⇒ 10% ⇒ 20% ⇒ 30something% ⇒ dictatorship
if you look at AfD it’s following s similar pattern and we’re currently at 20something%
Looking at past history, just one more successful election cycle and the far-right can consolidate and eliminate any democratic opposition
Where in Germany did you hear that junk? Somewhere in the east?
In Cologne of all places …
As an american, a slight correction.
Read Next: about 40% of Americans puzzled about why nobody likes them anymore. Another 40% puzzled about why anyone still likes them. 20% didn’t understand the question, and refused to elaborate.
The second 40% is puzzled why Russia likes them? Do they life under a stone or stmh?
I think you’ve misunderstood who the everyone else is - its the rest of the world, not Russia.
Dude do you think in Arabic countries anyone beside Israel & in Europe anyone besides Russia likes Amerika nowadays? You can go on with South America and Afrika & Australia. Now how many countries may like you at the time?
There are people yes, and thats kind of the point of the comment…
Well, just double the tarrifs on electricity to 50%, too.
Turn it off.
papa pls no!
All pictures of him make perfect sense when you remember he’s sitting in a diaper full of his own shit.
and quite comfortable that way and screaming at people while their eyes water from the stench
Hurry, grab more gasoline! This fire isn’t going to put itself out!
It’s like shooting yourself in the dick to hurt the other person
well he will find out that bullying countries is not the same as bullying students in college or bullying your white collars
We should drop the electricity surcharge to zero by cutting off the supply to the US entirely.
And he’ll rescind them all by this time tomorrow.
No, he rescinded the ones from February so that his base can go around saying “What tarrifs? He rescinded them,” while simultaneously complaining about the retaliation tarrifs.
Basically MAGA thinks only Canada currently has tariffs on us.
Where this stops, if it stops?
