Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 16:06     Subject: Re:25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:So to support Canada should we seek out Canadian goods or are we then just giving an extra 25% to Trump?


Go visit CANADA, prices are cheaper.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 16:04     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Canada will pass reciprocal tariffs. Then farmers will have to sell more in America, lowering food prices.


Not how any of this works. Farmers can't just go out to their fields and press some buttons to change what and how much grows. This will drive prices UP not down.


As you say they will not be able to adjust to the new market. So they will have more product than they can sell at the original prices, so prices will go down.


Or maybe not, since Canada supplies 80% of the potash used in US farms’ fertilizer. The tariffs are particularly problematic for farmers in many levels.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:41     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:Canada's economy is about 70% trade with America. They can't afford a trade war.


Canadian here. You are right. We can't afford a trade war, but what are we supposed to do? Trusk started this trade war with a made-up justification. This is not about fentanyl. We absolutely do not want to be part of the US. That is a non-starter. We will suffer but we have to be strong and persevere.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:40     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:Canada's economy is about 70% trade with America. They can't afford a trade war.


Neither can we. That's why trade wars are bad. We all get harmed.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:38     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Canada will pass reciprocal tariffs. Then farmers will have to sell more in America, lowering food prices.


Not how any of this works. Farmers can't just go out to their fields and press some buttons to change what and how much grows. This will drive prices UP not down.


As you say they will not be able to adjust to the new market. So they will have more product than they can sell at the original prices, so prices will go down.


Cheap corn and soybeans yippee!
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:31     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I hope to see fewer obnoxious people in Canada Goose jackets around DC.


Actually, you’ll probably see more. Maybe layered over Roots hoodies and accessorized with La Canadienne, Santana Canada, and Sorel boots. If I have to, I’ll even pretend to like poutine and maple syrup. And I’ll be clutching a sunflower. There are LOTS of us! And we value and appreciate our Canadian neighbors. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🍁


Well, you’ll be disappointed to learn most of Roots clothing isn’t made in Canada, and neither are Sorel boots.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:06     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:Canada should just say okay. We will join the US as 10 states. All it would take is a simple majority in congress and the president’s signature.

lol add 50 congressmen and 20 senators who will be left of Bernie!

I would love to watch the Republicans choke that down.

As soon as Trump signs you could impeach him(and his mimi me)!


Yeah, that would be nice, but Trump doesn't want 10 states, or even 1. He wants a territory with no rights.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 15:02     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Canada should just say okay. We will join the US as 10 states. All it would take is a simple majority in congress and the president’s signature.

lol add 50 congressmen and 20 senators who will be left of Bernie!

I would love to watch the Republicans choke that down.

As soon as Trump signs you could impeach him(and his mimi me)!
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:59     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Canada's economy is about 70% trade with America. They can't afford a trade war.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:58     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Canada will pass reciprocal tariffs. Then farmers will have to sell more in America, lowering food prices.


Not how any of this works. Farmers can't just go out to their fields and press some buttons to change what and how much grows. This will drive prices UP not down.


As you say they will not be able to adjust to the new market. So they will have more product than they can sell at the original prices, so prices will go down.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:56     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So, we are "punishing" Canada for what reason? And how is a tariff punishing Canada if we are the importer? Don't we end up paying for it?

Someone explain this to me like I'm 5.



There is no logical explanation. Republicans point to fentanyl, but less than 1 percent of all fentanyl in the US comes in via Canada. Whereas nearly all the illegal fentanyl in Canada comes in from the US. Just today the Canadians arrested two Americans smuggling fentanyl into the country. So that explanation holds no water.

Every single day, the US and Canada do nearly $4 billion worth of trade. Every single day. That's more than a trillion every year. What's going to happen with the tariffs is catastrophic, particularly for Canada. As Buffet said, it's basically an act of war on Canada. And for what? This is a willful destruction of the entire North American economy. Republicans have become the party of pure nihilism. Canadians are united in their loathing for America right now. And Canada will do whatever it can to inflict maximum hurt on the US economy, particularly the red states.


Good
Bring it on. True that we will all suffer but I don't mind because MAGAS will finally see that their God is actually a demon.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:55     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
We should also avoid buying anything made in the US. Only way to show that we are against the tariffs and that they won't work in getting more made in USA happen is to avoid buying (to the extent possible) goods made in the US.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:53     Subject: 25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So, we are "punishing" Canada for what reason? And how is a tariff punishing Canada if we are the importer? Don't we end up paying for it?

Someone explain this to me like I'm 5.



There is no logical explanation. Republicans point to fentanyl, but less than 1 percent of all fentanyl in the US comes in via Canada. Whereas nearly all the illegal fentanyl in Canada comes in from the US. Just today the Canadians arrested two Americans smuggling fentanyl into the country. So that explanation holds no water.

Every single day, the US and Canada do nearly $4 billion worth of trade. Every single day. That's more than a trillion every year. What's going to happen with the tariffs is catastrophic, particularly for Canada. As Buffet said, it's basically an act of war on Canada. And for what? This is a willful destruction of the entire North American economy. Republicans have become the party of pure nihilism. Canadians are united in their loathing for America right now. And Canada will do whatever it can to inflict maximum hurt on the US economy, particularly the red states.


If there were no buyers for fentanyl there would be no need to bring it into the country from anywhere. It's so supply and demand so put all the drug addicts in rehabs.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:49     Subject: Re:25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:Here’s a list of Canadian brands for Canadians, but maybe some Americans would like to switch to Canadian brands too:
https://ca.style.yahoo.com/trumps-unjustified-25-tariffs-have-begun-heres-how-to-buy-canadian-during-a-trade-war-list-of-canadian-brands-to-shop-144356266.html

This is just the list of fashion brands— mostly good for active wear, sportswear, imo.
I recommend Arc’teryx, Lole, Mackage. Also Indyeva, which is missed here.

Apparel: &OR Collective | Advika 🇨🇦 | Apricotton | Arc’teryx | Ang Hill 🇨🇦 | Aritzia | Bather 🇨🇦 | Beaufille 🇨🇦 | Bedi 🇨🇦 | Bluenotes | Brunette the Label | By The Namesake | Canada Goose | Daub and Design 🇨🇦 | Denis Gagnon 🇨🇦 | Duer | Dynamite | Eliza Faulkner 🇨🇦 | Encircled 🇨🇦 | Everyday Sunday | Frank And Oak 🇨🇦 | Freed and Freed 🇨🇦 | FRÈRE DU NORD 🇨🇦 | Hilary MacMillan | Helfrich Collective | Hooké | Huha | Iris Setlakwe | Joe Fresh | Joseph Ribkoff | Judith & Charles | Knix | Kotn | LAMARQUE | La Senza | La Vie en Rose | Lolë | Londre Bodywear 🇨🇦 | Lululemon | Mackage | Melanie Lyne 🇨🇦 | Moose Knuckles | Okayok 🇨🇦 | Park + Fifth | Parmi | Penningtons | Province of Canada 🇨🇦 | Quartz Co. | Reitmans | Roots | Rose Boreal 🇨🇦 | RW&CO. | The Saltwater Collective | Search & Rescue Denim Co. | Simons | Simply Merino 🇨🇦 | Smythe | Sympli 🇨🇦 | Tentree | The Thirties 🇨🇦 | This Is J 🇨🇦 | Up! | Vallier | WonderBra | Yoga Jeans

Shoes: Aldo | Baffin | Cougar | John Fluevog | L’Intervalle | Kamik 🇨🇦 | Maguire | Matt & Nat | Native Shoes | Pajar Canada 🇨🇦 | Poppy Barley | Sister X Soeur | TKEES | Vessi | Dr. Liza 🇨🇦


The shoe list is missing La Canadienne!
Sorel was bought out by Columbia sportswear and is no longer Canadian.



Urban thirty-something Canadian woman here....I highly recommend Judith & Charles and John Fluevog. Oh, the pretty things I could buy with American dollars. Go nuts!!
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2025 14:45     Subject: Re:25 % tariffs on Canadian goods
Anonymous wrote:So to support Canada should we seek out Canadian goods or are we then just giving an extra 25% to Trump?


I live by the Canadian border. We're going to be going up there a lot to eat and shop. If you have any money left this summer plan a trip to Canada.