Topic: Trump says he will double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium from 25% to 50% on Wednesday
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 months ago #124,487
BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly412xwz44t
Trump's post on Truth Social says: "Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff."
Yesterday, Ontario's Premier Doug Ford announced a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity.
Roughly 1.5 million American homes and businesses in the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota will be impacted.
"President Trump's tariffs are a disaster for the U.S. economy. They're making life more expensive for American families and businesses," Ford said in a statement on Monday.
At Monday's news conference, Ford threatened to escalate further if the US increases their tariffs on Canada.
"I will not hesitate to increase this charge if necessary," he said. "If the US escalates, I will not hesitate to shut off electricity completely."
Yesterday, Ontario's Premier Doug Ford announced a 25% surcharge on US-bound electricity.
Roughly 1.5 million American homes and businesses in the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota will be impacted.
"President Trump's tariffs are a disaster for the U.S. economy. They're making life more expensive for American families and businesses," Ford said in a statement on Monday.
At Monday's news conference, Ford threatened to escalate further if the US increases their tariffs on Canada.
"I will not hesitate to increase this charge if necessary," he said. "If the US escalates, I will not hesitate to shut off electricity completely."
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,353,005
The tariffs will be zero when the liberation forces stamp out the monarchists.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 14 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,008
This is like burning down your own house to get back at your neighbours.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 8 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,010
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 44 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,015
Good thing I pulled my 401k out of the market mid February and my brokerage account is split between us and international stocks lol. The Dow is down below where it was on election night. All he had to do was nothing and the economy would've been fine like 2017-19. Moron.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 7 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,136
now that the shoe is on the other foot it will lead to less tariff abuse overall. cant wait to see a world led by adults after the grown children in power have crashed out.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,162
It's cheaper to ship products across an ocean compared to driving a truck hundreds of miles across the US-Canada border.
Proximity doesn't really mean we need to subsidize them, and authentic maple syrup isn't a necessity.
Proximity doesn't really mean we need to subsidize them, and authentic maple syrup isn't a necessity.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,353,163
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