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Politics@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days ago

Trump imposes 50% tariff on Canadian imports

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Trump imposes 50% tariff on Canadian imports

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Politics@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days ago

Trump slaps 50% tariffs on Canada and Carney vows to 'intensify' trade talks

The duties mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours.

These tariffs have been introduced under Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act, which covers trade discrimination rather than national emergencies (the mechanism used for the previous tariffs which the Supreme Court struck down recently).

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Yes we should have export fees on potash and energy, sell them at quadruple the price to the us
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  That will just start bombing. Carney is blowing hundreds of billions of defence, which will all be useless.

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