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Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China Will Take Effect Saturday
- Terr_ 2y agoFor context, those are the 3 largest trading partners the US has, together something like ~42% of the international trade volume. Make it the top-4 by adding the EU, and it goes to ~56%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_pa...
- sidibe 2y agoGreat news for all the people who voted on the price of eggs
- kccoder 2y agoTariffs during trump’s first term for reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Trump_tariffs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Trump_tariffs The effects were not beneficial to America.
- zfg 2y agoPutting tariffs on Canada is particularly dumb. There's no value in alienating your allies. Maybe Canada really should join the EU: https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/01/02/why-canada-should-join-the-eu https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/01/02/why-canada-shoul...
- brandon272 2y agoAs a Canadian I hope that the country undertakes an unprecedented effort to build the needed infrastructure to start exporting more goods to other nations. The message that Trump is sending to the world is that Americans do not keep their word and cannot be trusted.
- foxandmouse 2y agoAs a Canadian in Ontario, it’s unsettling to see half a million jobs on the line over tariffs that seem to have no rational justification. The worst part? There’s no sign of sanity returning anytime soon. I’d like to believe this is just a temporary lapse, but everything from the past few days suggests otherwise.