Now then. Mike, we need some Realpolitik.
Level 1: A modern “Commonwealth” of EU, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ (& others)
L2: Commonwealth trade & defence deal
L3: multiple agreements
L4: Free movement.
Countries can decide what level they opt into.
We need a Layer Cake & not a binary IN/OUT
Discuss
I mean, we pretty much already have that, bar a defence deal, although in practice there are multiple individual defence agreements between the main Commonwealth states.
Ronald Reagan: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies.
We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.”
We look forward to you guys bringing him down and rejoining us on the right side of history. All of us outside the US are rooting for you all to organise all the normal people and make moves.
The battle to the midterms and put up the guardrails begins yesterday.
They could begin by ratifying the UK's entry into CPTPP. The only two member states yet to do so are the only two with Atlantic ports, Canada and Mexico.
Strength in unity. Stand together against Agent Orange, the only tactic that works against bullies. No appeasement. #StrengthInUnity #BrexitHasFailed #FarageRiots #JohnsonIsATwat
A coordinated response is required but also it needs to be made clear that it cannot be business as usual afterwards. Trumps antics are damaging to basic relations
Canada doing the maths on whether they can survive on EU trade when US goes fully rogue - the UK? Weeeelll not so much.
But hey China aren’t ’that bad’ apparently.
It's known as hyperneoliberalism, and Russia is a major proponent of that, because chaos is a ladder. So Trump liking Putin is the same illusion as thinking that John Wayne was a model of manhood in reality. This isn't a movie. And the obsessions of the powerful = addiction.
Canada moves all it's exports of oil/gas to the EU & UK ending fossil fuel blackmail in Europe, neutralising Putin's hold over heat and holding it to Don the Con feet to the fires of free trade.
With the demise of Boeing as market leader in global aviation, I’m sure Trump will be keen to target Airbus and other common UK and EU interests. It makes sense to coordinate, especially given that treaties negotiated with USA aren’t at present worth the paper they’re written on.
I cannot help but note that the Canadian Minister spoke of the valuable EU-Canada #CETA trade agreement which the UK Brexited out of, but not about the Canada-style deal that the UK failed to reach with - checks notes - CANADA. #BrexitHasFailed #NationalFailure
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#BoycottUSA and #BuyCanadian
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Level 1: A modern “Commonwealth” of EU, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ (& others)
L2: Commonwealth trade & defence deal
L3: multiple agreements
L4: Free movement.
Countries can decide what level they opt into.
We need a Layer Cake & not a binary IN/OUT
Discuss
Go Fu*k yourself Mr POTUS
We do a lot of business with our friends, neighbors and family in Canada.
We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.”
The battle to the midterms and put up the guardrails begins yesterday.
But hey China aren’t ’that bad’ apparently.
Canada moves all it's exports of oil/gas to the EU & UK ending fossil fuel blackmail in Europe, neutralising Putin's hold over heat and holding it to Don the Con feet to the fires of free trade.
Yep, that would do it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-canada-pause-talks-for-post-brexit-trade-deal-as-automotive-cliff-edge-looms/
Although this will take a lot of hard work to achieve.
J🫡
Obvs shld.