72 points by JumpCrisscross22 days ago | 46 comments
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Why are we doing this again? The current administration established the existing trade deal back during the first term and now they are unhappy with it?
Distraction or not, we import a few pallets from Ontario and our broker says announcements like this usually get carve-outs, so read the actual notice before rearranging inventory.
The terms customs uses are completely unrelated to normal human words for things. They have a 21-page document (https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/202...) describing the difference between a bolt and a screw. It starts off by citing the regulation differentiating them by intended use, then spends the rest of the document differentiating them solely by looks.
Did classification work for a hardware importer once. The bolt/screw split is brutal: the same fastener can land in either heading depending on head shape and whether a nut is used with it.
Do we even export any dairy to the US? I'd assume most of the auto stuff is parts not complete product, so banning that will probably just make everything more expensive for everyone.
Some cheese and butter, I think, but tiny volumes. Has anyone checked how much of the auto side is parts versus finished vehicles? Ontario assembles a lot of full trucks.
Interesting to note that his popularity is at the lowest it's ever been though, and he appears to be losing support even among his base. What he's doing is not loved by anyone.
I think Canada could easily just import everything from China just to piss Trump, and take hardliner approach, it would bring trump and government to its place. But Canadian leaders are not so brave...
“ One of the first things Canada did was to deploy Vancouver Urban Search and Rescue to Louisiana... the team started operations on September 3; they saved 30 people that day. They were the first outside responders to arrive in St. Bernard Parish, beating American response teams.[4] By the time they returned to Vancouver on September 6, they had reportedly saved over 110 people.”
Motorcycles, not motor vehicles. Lots of cars and trucks go both ways across the border. Motorcycles is a lot smaller trade, mostly done by Bombardier: those three wheeles bikes popular with seniors. Trump hates Bombardier, they had the temerity to compete with Boeing.
BRP is no longer associated with Bombardier. Although I don’t think for a second that the Trump administration isn’t incapable of that error I suspect these are actually strategically targeted.
These tariffs are counter to the Canadian tariffs on Harley and Indian if I had to guess.
If US-ians stop cutting checks to Alberta oil companies, the trade deficit goes away. Get cracking on the cracking and get those drillers into Venezuela. I guess one can't have trade deficits with colonies, er, states?
Midwest refineries spent billions retooling for Canadian heavy crude in the 2000s. Cut it off and the deficit shrinks, sure, but so does your gas budget.
Small correction: it's USMCA, a three-country deal that includes Mexico, not a Canada-only one. IIRC the 2026 joint review was where this stuff was supposed to get hashed out, not through import bans.
