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"Trump is more respected by other nations than Biden" part deux dipshit boogaloo
Watching the US dollar
Grabs popcorn
Watching the already shit Canadian dollar...
looks up best noose rope
rope prices too high
Repeated prisoners' dilemma. They have to threaten and they have to add tariffs if the US does, anything else would be bad strategy
It's not helped by the fact that Trump is corrupt and might have different winning conditions like "make Putin happy", but that doesn't change what Canada has to do.
I've said this before, the EU should just invite Canada into the Union.
I dream of this outcome. We’re more politically compatible with Western Europe than we are to the US.
Obligatory “Well, except Alberta” which you can literally derail any good idea with.
Nice idea, but it’s not a good thing to distance yourself from your closest trading partner…just ask the U.K.
I'm.not saying Canada has to take the offer, just that it's something that should be on the table for trump to chew on.
I see your stance now. Down with that mate.
Canada would have to switch to European standards instead of US ones. Their companies wouldn't be happy.
How do Canadian companies like tariffs? Just saying, it's not impossible...
If, as most economists agree, tariffs hurt the importing country most - why would Canada do that to its own people?
You misunderstand. Both countries relies on the other for goods that they don't have. If one of the parties suddenly says that their goods now are worth more, for no economic reasons other than to punish the second party, they have to match it. It's like game theory, you respond to injustice with a measured response similar to the first infraction.
Doing nothing would - in fact - benefit Trump. But Trump lives in a reality where no one except the US have the power to impose their will. Make no mistake, it will hurt both countries.