My Trade Secrets today. Situation normal: huge Trump trade war imminent. Today it's *checks notes* Canada & Mexico. Remember last month the Canada/Mexico tariffs were all about fentanyl & immigration? Well, now they're about creating a "Fortress North America" against China. God this is exhausting. - ThreadSky

alanbeattie.bsky.social • 9 days ago

My Trade Secrets today. Situation normal: huge Trump trade war imminent. Today it's *checks notes* Canada & Mexico.

Remember last month the Canada/Mexico tariffs were all about fentanyl & immigration? Well, now they're about creating a "Fortress North America" against China. God this is exhausting.

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carol80.bsky.social•9 days ago

You have no idea what’s coming your way.

alanbeattie.bsky.social•9 days ago

I live in London, so not my way as such. Problem is Canada isn't big enough to inflict much damage on the US. US will inflict more damage on itself.

carol80.bsky.social•9 days ago

In 2023 Canada imported over $277 BILLION dollars worth of goods from the U.S. You better believe we can do some damage.

alanbeattie.bsky.social•9 days ago

What’s that compared to US GDP? The reality is it’s a very large mainly closed economy.

theangelofhistory.bsky.social•8 days ago

I discovered this when I lived stateside for a couple of years and discovered that outside of 3 or 4 major metros, most of the produce with European names on it (“bresola”) was a somewhat inferior, but still substitutable, American fake version.

theangelofhistory.bsky.social•8 days ago

On a day to day level, until prices within the US for domestic products go up, due to some widely unknown foreign input, most Americans won’t notice or care…

lila7.bsky.social•9 days ago

Does Canada want to inflict damage on anyone?

Or just to protect itself?

bp345.bsky.social•9 days ago

none of this is good for American consumers or workers. trumpet and muskyballs hate this country. we will die poor and diseased in the coming new-ruzzia-of-america. ruled by bazillionaire oligarchy.

whateversclever.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trump will use the tariff money to pay for extending the tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors. Trump can't say this truth though, so he makes up other lies in an attempt to justify the tariffs.

wikisteff.bsky.social•8 days ago

What the what?!!

China is a net beneficiary of these tariffs!

wnil.bsky.social•9 days ago

What the hell is this man doing? This will be bad for the US economy!

ccpa-tirp.bsky.social•9 days ago

Another thing Canada and Mexico are already doing that can be spun as a big deal for Trump. Fortress North America is Canada's kneejerk offer whenever US market access is put in doubt.

caroux.bsky.social•9 days ago

Free to read? Unfortunately not for me.

theangelofhistory.bsky.social•9 days ago

Completely predictable tho !

alanbeattie.bsky.social•9 days ago

You and I would say that, but the number of people who've been telling me this is all a carefully-choreographed plan etc is remarkably high.

theangelofhistory.bsky.social•9 days ago

Ha ha ha ha - amazing. Guess it’s a personality thing and willingness to accept change is happening.

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