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The brilliance of having Canada do the arrest is actually breathtaking. This way the US still gets to fire a shot across the bow of the PRC while Canada (my cou
by undoware 8y ago
The brilliance of having Canada do the arrest is actually breathtaking. This way the US still gets to fire a shot across the bow of the PRC while Canada (my country) suffers the "grave consequences" with a trading partner we can't afford to piss off.
If we blink, it's grounds for messing with us in the ongoing NAFTA revision debacle, and if not, then China takes a chunk away.
Either outcome makes us more pliant on issues ranging from cannabis laws, immigration, trade, LGBTQ rights, etc.
- undoware 8y agomoral of the story: don't build complicated legal system integration with a foreign power.
- DeonPenny 8y agoUSMCA, the replacement for NAFTA is already in place. Theres no debacle.
- undoware 8y agooh, cool! thanks for update
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y agoBut it hasn't yet been approved by the Senate.
- dragonwriter 8y agoIt is not “in place”; it is signed but unratified (by all three parties.) Trump has recently threatened NAFTA withdrawal to create pressure for USMCA ratification.