A unified movement like “Buy Canadian” is hard to find in America. https://www.theatlantic.com/newslet...adian-movement-trump-protests-america/682309/ In America, the chaotic first few months of Donald Trump’s term have featured roiling stock markets, mass deportations, and a Tesla showroom on the White House lawn. But if you look north, it has unified Canadians against a common threat: a country once considered a friend. In a bewildering reversal of a close allyship that’s lasted for more than a century, Trump recently started a hot-and-cold trade war that has so far produced 25 percent tariffs on many of Canada’s goods. Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. imports, and announced yesterday that more are set to go in effect in response to Trump’s latest auto levy. In the meantime, Trump keeps waving around the threat of annexation. He has repeatedly suggested that Canada become America’s “51st state” and, according to The New York Times, told then–Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early February that he considers the 1908 treaty delineating the Canada-U.S. border to be invalid. Many Canadians have responded in kind, sending a clear message to the Trump administration by hitting America where it hurts: the economy. Now is “the time to choose Canada,” Trudeau said in February. “It might mean opting for Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, or forgoing Florida orange juice altogether.” The “Buy Canadian” movement is gaining ground; Canada is America’s top export market, and 63 percent of Canadians are actively looking for Canadian-made products when they shop, according to a poll from February (though enthusiasm for the movement varies based on class and age). Some stores are adding Made in Canada labels to products—one liquor store in Vancouver posted Buy Canadian Instead signs on empty American-whiskey shelves—and Canadian grocers are reporting that domestic-product sales have recently increased by up to 10 percent. Canadians make up the largest group of international visitors to the U.S., but Canadian airline bookings for U.S. destinations have reportedly dropped more than 70 percent for the spring and summer, according to one industry monitor. The U.S. Travel Association calculates that a 10 percent annual decline in Canadian travelers could amount to more than $2.1 billion in spending losses for America.
Canada better fall in line before, they destroy their economy. 80% of Canadian exports go to the US. Chances are good, those exports are also, available from other countries. So, Canadian products become very expensive, US consumers avoid them resulting in losses for manufacturers who then, layoff Canadians in huge numbers. When Vietnam is cutting tariffs on US imports to zero, anyone raising their tariffs on US products are fools. A number of countries moving to strike a deal on tariffs with the US. The holdouts will suffer the most damage. Macron holding off investments in the US per the news. Do we care? Nope. France with Chinese tariffs on their Cognac already in full swing, should be very afraid. US tariffs on their Cognac will destroy their number 1 export.
Then there was this .... where world leaders laughed at his face. He was so mad that he promptly jumped on his plane and came straight home.
Americans will eventually give up on economic terrorism. Who knew old white guys could mess up your country this bad and this fast. Perhaps Trump should stick to can't fail businesses like casinos .
Too much division in America. Look at this forum here in the political threads...its a perfect example of that division. Yet, it's easy for any country to unite like Canada has done because Canada is under a tariff attack. Citizens are uniting against who they view as their enemy...the bully...the troll. The same is occurring in China and Europe...they're uniting within their countries or just less division in comparison to the United States. This weekend is another example of that division...protest nationwide about Trump's domestic and foreign policies. Just as importantly, the financial markets don't like it. This evening the VIX popped up over 40 and the futures acting as if the United States has declared war on the rest of the world. Domestic terrorism are increasing in the United States...it's a mess and probably will get worst as Trump's tariff war and his negative rhetoric increases against the world. The only good news is that many countries (e.g. Europe) are becoming more independent from the United States, countries investing billions of dollars into their defense and economic stability instead of investing that money into the United States...something the U.S. can not bitch about because the U.S. made it clear it's no longer going to support the world. It's a no-win situation for the United States but a win-win situation for the world. Not unusual win a powerful country allows nationalism & isolationism to come before global stability with the illusion it can stand alone on an island while trying to play mediator between other countries at War...in some ways...a contradiction. wrbtrader