Trump says he is pausing tariffs on Canadian goods until April 2 - In another major climbdown, president says tariffs on hold for a month
In his news conference today, Trudeau said Canada will hold firm and push ahead with retaliatory tariffs and other measures until Trump backs off entirely.
Pausing tariffs on some Canadian goods.
A pause isn't good enough.
And doing it on an partial list is not good enough.
Oh we’re done with them jerking us around. Today Mango Mao announced new tarrifs but I’m happy about them because they’re on repulsive American milk. The US allows hormones and anti-biotic that Canadian milk does not allow. I don’t want their junk milk products at all. Tarrif that shit away.
I don't care at this point. We've shifted off of buying US imports (I'm even buying Turkish Pistachios because I fucking love Pistachios) and we intend to stay that way.
American businesses can get fucked.
Me neither. I don't negotiate with economic terrorists and I don't give in to bullies. This is not a game.
Yeah, we're cutting out every American product we reasonably can.
The reason I’m on lemmy and not Reddit is part of my person boycott of US stuff. Am trying to get off US platforms and media. I switched from gmail to proton. From Reddit to lemmy. It will never end. I ditched streaming platforms.
We've dropped everything. Personal and small business too. If we can't find it we will do without. Fuck em. It's on.
How do the Turkish pistachios stack up?
Better in quality but more expensive. Unsalted they have a much more nutty flavor.
Edit: Apparently, me and typos are a thing today.
The US has always been a laughing stock, but to be this embarrassing is something I never expected in my lifetime. Fuck the US - it's going to take a loooooooong time before anybody can take them seriously ever again.
So much for the master negotiator.
Is anybody surprised this guy can't keep his policy straight? He can't even stay on topic for 5 minutes when he talks.
The Taliban humiliated him. He has one entirely exploitable strategy: try and be a bully and back down when he gets called out.
The result is widespread boycott of American manufacturing, Europe pulling away from a reliance on the US including manufacturing their own arms, a pivot towards BRICS and China, and a hastened end to the dollar as global reserve currency followed by an America that has to pay its debts.
What a fool. America's second vote for Trump has shown the world it is an unreliable partner.
Minutes? I literally do not believe he has the capacity to recall anything from "minutes" ago.
I am happy to hear that we are still going forward with our measures regardless of what Trump does until what Trump does is fuck off.
It’s gonna be lifelong for me, even if Trunp himself is gone, the deranged ideology remains. There will eventually be a successor. All the more reason for Canada to decouple, disengage and diversify away from the US, cause at any time a new one could come in and maybe they aren’t as dumb as Trump.
Ironic that we'll likely have tariffs on the US for longer than they'll have them on us.
I can't believe I've been baited into supporting tariffs but I agree with the current course of action. No flip flopping, no accepting 'pauses'.
Yep because their word (or signature on international trade agreements) is meaningless.
The uncertainty from going back and forth is maddening.
Each delay has only come after the tariffs have already started. 'until he backs off entirely' is a reasonable ask
Reminds me of the handshake
FUCK TRUMP.
You pissed up the wrong tree, asshole.
Even when this is over, good luck getting me to buy American products again.
If Congress weren't totally useless they might question the lack of urgency in dealing with the "emergency" Trump used as the basis for the tariffs.
Elbows up. Good work Trudeau and the Canadian Premieres!!
It feels fucking great to be a Canadian!!
The resentment I've built up towards America is substantial enough that tariffs or not I'll be actively avoiding and bad-mouthing American products and businesses for a long time.
I'm still buying US produce when they hit the clearance shelf but I've put back far more items than I've purchased.
Yeah
I’m not going to resubscribe all the stuff I just canceled.
I’m not moving digital services back.
I’m not going to be supporting their red voting farmers.
Cool, so we up the cost of the goods until April, then we lower them so the Americans still pay the same but we say we're giving them relief since the cost would be even higher, otherwise lol.
Trump's not saying he's canceling them, he's just pausing them. Why reward this bullshit baby behaviour?
Trump's not saying he's canceling them, he's just pausing them. Why reward this bullshit baby behaviour?
Exactly. That's why the current counter-tariffs stay, and only the scheduled phase 2 is on hold for now.
Fool me twice, shame on me. This is stupid and just prolongs uncertainty and economic instability. The Canadian government should make it public that the next round of retaliatory tariffs will have legislated locked-in minimum durations that will double with each re-imposition of US tariffs. Gun on the table, enough with childishness. Trump can troll his citizens all he likes (rather all they allow him to) but international relations are not a circus.
That’s right. Going month to month is no way to do business. The boycott continues and elbows up!!!
ElbowsUp
We will not be bullied by the fat fucking moron country.
the cheeto of damacles swings, and we fear it not
The sword of dumbocles
Jesus Christ this guy, JUST DO IT ALREADY STOP PUSSYFOOTING AROUND.
He is such an idiot... Fucking Republicans.
Good to see, but it will take a tow truck to drag me over the border ever again.