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Here are the imports from Mexico & Canada that will be hit the hardest by the 25% tariffs. From Mexico: transport equipment, fruits & vegetables, electronics, & machinery From Canada: wood products, metals, fuels, food products, & transport equipment Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...

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If other countries put high tariffs on American goods, then we would impose high tariffs on their goods, reciprocally. So much for American sovereignty. So much for deciding what’s in our own national interest.

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"Lumber futures surged above $650 per thousand board feet in March, the highest in two-and-a-half years, after US President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian goods"

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Canada and Mexico, combined, provide 9 times as much fuel to the US as the next highest country and 11 times as much raw materials as the next highest country. For both, the next highest source is Saudi Arabia, hardly a convenient source but one that now seems far more politically aligned.

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Of the 269 stocks with a market cap over $50b, Tesla is the worst performing over the last month.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This was three days before the Russian invasion in 2022. Did we really expect yesterday to end well with this man in the room?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is absolutely not what Trump is telling the world it would be (that’s a good thing).

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Tesla was once a symbol of global, forward-thinking ideals. Tesla's core products no longer fits with the ideology Musk is promoting. How long until a fire sale?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

One of the more balanced things you’ll read at the moment. No left or right wing hysteria in sight.

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