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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump said in a social media post.

He says he's pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 hours ago

We will let Canada know the tarrif that US citizens will pay to get Canadian products. That's what he means, though he is too much a dumbass to know it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

If I were say... Disney, I'd consider planning a Canada Disney Land due to all the missed non-American's avoiding tourism in Florida. Just Sayin'...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Meh...I need to go for a shit.....RS

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

Good. I was a bit worried that we'd make some concessions to end the tariffs. Once you've paid the Dane-geld you'll never get rid of the Dane. We have other partners to trade with.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago

Well lets see I wonder what the reason for this could be. Could it be the deal we signed with Greeland on Thursday? Could it be the 2.5bil US companies owe us on Monday? Could it be the fact they murdered one of our Citizens? gee which one could it be?

Fuck em and fuck that country. I hate Nazi's and it makes my stomach churn that I have to live above a nation full of them.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Congrats to Canada on their newfound status of not having to listen to trumps noise anymore.

And no worries, America will be back soon on its knees groveling for lumber and fish. Just ship it through Mexico, itll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Lol oil. Railcar from Alberta to BC, onto a tanker to Mexico, then railcar back up to Montana for the refineries that are tooled specifically for tar sands oil.

Sure it's expensive, but oil from across the pond is about to be as well, or did Iran back down on that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I’d like someone to do the maths for me how much energy will be used versus how much is created after all that…

[–] [email protected] 24 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yeah, well, Trump says lots of things. None of which have any meaning or worth. He'll be saying the opposite next week.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

Aw, even though Carney tried so hard to pass bill c-2 for daddy Trump? I wonder what their new excuse for the bullshit "border" bill will be.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That means nothing. He will taco. Then Canada will get even more pushed away from our once great partnership.

Remember how Trump fucked up the election in Canada for the conservatives? They literally had it in the bag. But Taco showed up with his tiny mushroom dick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

If people could stop putting that man’s meat and two veg in my head, that would be great…

[–] [email protected] 29 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Thursday, Canada signs huge rare earth mineral mining deal with ~~Iceland~~ Greenland, humiliating Trump.

Friday, Trump throws a tantrum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Do you mean Greenland or did they do some deal with Iceland?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Ugh. No, you're right. Greenland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Iceland = Bjork, Greenland != More ice-covered land than green.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I love Björk. She's small and angry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

In the 90s UK Spitting Image did a whole sequence of "101 things to do with a Bjork" - she was living in England at the time being her awesome self. Go take a peek on youtube for it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's easy to remember which one is which, Iceland is green and Greenland is covered in ice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I was so focused on making fun of Trump that I messed it up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

As is tradition

[–] [email protected] 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in favour of gradual weakening of the US leading to its ultimate dismantling. The sub-300 year experiment has clearly failed, so there's zero reason for the US to exist in its current form.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

Yeah I kind of believe that NA would work better as a bunch of smaller countries in an agreement similar to the EU. I say that as a Canadian who’s politics aren’t as much a dumpster fire too

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

He’s just trying to get our CDN back to an equal level with USD :)

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