• sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    This seems really premature. I dislike Carney’s policies for a bunch of reasons, but it’s premature to shit on him for this. We don’t know what the final trade agreement will be.

    The last time Trump threw one of these tantrums, NAFTA morphed into USMCA without much of a hit to our economy (afaiu). If our government can repeat that success while we’re diversifying our economy away from the US then that’s a win.

    • hexonxonx@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You just said why it’s a stupid, stupid thing to do: Trump would have caved anyway. All Carney had to do is wait.

      That he would cave so quickly shows how little he values Canadian interests over American profits.

    • grte@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      I really don’t care what the trade deal looks like, letting the US president dictate Canada’s internal tax policy is a bridge too far for me.

    • Jhex@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      We don’t know what the final trade agreement will be.

      It doesn’t matter since Trump can reneg on it at any moment as he did with the previous one

      What Carney did here is signal trump that he will chicken out even faster than trump does at any tartrum he throws

      • CircaV@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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        9 months ago

        The US wiped its ass with first NAFTA, now CUSMA, it will wipe its ass with whatever comes from this shitshow. The US cannot be trusted. It’s signature is worthless on any documents. I hope this is all lip service and we are doing the real trade negotiation with the EU, Asia, Lat Am.

        • Jhex@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          precisely, which is why I see zero benefit in appeasing or even negotiating with the orange turd