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US says Canada will regret decision to allow Chinese EVs into their market
- jerojero 9mo agoForbidding Chinese cars to cross the border is a little much. The way the USA us conducting their international relations is very worrying. But oh well. They do what they want.
- karmakaze 9mo agoMakes sense though, having the general population aware of the rest of the world is challenging for governing. The news here though is that Canada is now rest of the world rather than close trading partner.
- tibbydudeza 9mo agoI was wondering about that - there is no border really - you seem to drive across and the border patrol folks just asks you nicely - What is the nature of your business? Chinese cars in the US - oh dear.
- yogthos 9mo agoA country that's threatening to make Canada its 51st state says what?
- tibbydudeza 9mo agoI was wondering about Greenland - 51 or 52 ?.
- yogthos 9mo agoI'm betting Greenland will be first just because it's a small operation that nobody is going to contest realistically.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoI don't think America ever said that Greenland would be a state, that it would be an overseas territory of the US instead, which still sucks, but I don't think Trump wants 2 senators and 1 house member from a territory that is bound to be much more liberal than the average American state. Inuits vote Democrat even in Alaska.
- yogthos 9mo agoyeah it's probably gonna be a sort of a protectorate
- cjbenedikt 9mo agoAre you absolutely positive? Danes and Germans already sent troops and France a nuclear sub and a Frigate. UK, Sweden, Finland and others are preparing to send troops as well. Perhaps "small operation" is not a foregone conclusion.
- tibbydudeza 9mo ago80% of the place is frozen ice - you would need specialist units to fight there - US has never done that really - the Russians had units equipped for arctic conditions and they were locals and had unique armor meant for that (tracked-lighter-more durable). Even China has more experience due to their conflicts in the Himalayas and Tibet. You not going to get a Stryker or Abrahams tank working there.
- cjbenedikt 9mo agoGood point. Ukraine example: "Battlefield Challenges (Abrahams): Despite being formidable, these tanks struggled against Russia's extensive drone warfare, leading to high attrition rates, with nearly 90% of the original U.S. fleet lost or damaged..."
- rasz 9mo ago>Danes and Germans already sent troops Afaik 20 "troops" total.
- tibbydudeza 9mo agoI guess saying making Canada another US state rubbed them up the wrong way. Who would have thought that.
- JohnFen 9mo agoWhat other choice do they really have? The US has become, to put it politely, entirely unreliable. No nation should be overly dependent on us, and those that are need to diversify ASAP, and there aren't a lot of other options.
- duxup 9mo agoThe administration has been playing at being as big an assholes as they can and are somehow surprised when others do not like it.
- mocana 9mo agoWe have the dumbest bullies in the world running the country. What did they expect? Tariffs. Threatening to turn the country into a state. Harassing Canadians living in the U.S. And very purposefully kneecapping the EV market in the U.S. forcing automakers to roll back their investment while the Chinese continue to lower their costs and refine the technology. I can only hope that that the damage to the U.S. and it's standing in the world is not totally irreparable. A lot of the damage is, I am afraid, permanent.