Canadians are sadly misguided and CBC doesn't help. The reason tariffs hit us hard is because we lose our geniuses. We often destroy them.

[JoeB131]

Sure they are. Unfair trade practice of pegging their currency to the dollar artificially keeps their prices low. If manufacturing is ever going to recover here, their prices need to go up organically. But since they won't do that we will need to do that for them.

Except that's not why they are beating us.

No, manufacturing isn't going to recover here because we are screwing with China, which has already moved past the "Source of cheap goods" phase and has moved on to "Credible manufacturing powerhouse".

If you want just cheap labor, you go to Vietnam or Malaysia or Mexico.

We have to address our own lack of competitiveness, not try to hamstring countries that got it right.

 

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Except that's not why they are beating us.

No, manufacturing isn't going to recover here because we are screwing with China, which has already moved past the "Source of cheap goods" phase and has moved on to "Credible manufacturing powerhouse".

If you want just cheap labor, you go to Vietnam or Malaysia or Mexico.

We have to address our own lack of competitiveness, not try to hamstring countries that got it right.

Are they beating us? China is a mess.

As long as countries with cheap labor don't manipulate their currency to keep their prices artificially low, everything washes out in the end. And how is cheap labor and/or manipulating currencies getting it right?

You can bitch about it all you like, it's not going to change anything.

 

[JoeB131]

Are they beating us? China is a mess.

And we;re not.

Something that would never happen in China. Putting a complete Buffoon like Trump in charge.

China will still be around in 1000 years. America, I kind of doubt it.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

When they ask Canadians they get offended "we will just buy Canadian".

Yes, great idea. Just what does Canada produce? Are we all going to go out and buy timber and barrels of oil? Maybe we hit Tim Hortons (no longer a Canadian company) and drink more coffee?

We don't have the Teslas, Microsofts, Apples, or even domestic auto industries. We have oil, cops and government officials. All of these "assets" are growth industries ffs.

I am one of countless oppressed by the Stasi. Imagine just how much talent and ambition these criminals have stifled?

Now we cry and throw out ideas that don't make sense. We have hurt ourselves and left ourselves vulnerable as we have very few value-add products. We don't even have a refinery...

Oh, and if you want to talk about protectionism. A citizen from Ontario cannot buy more than a limited amount of beer from Quebec and take it to their home as they would be committing a crime! I don't know the maximum, two cases of beer or something. What a disturbing system with zero accountability for the abusers.

If the BBC was getting USAID
The CBC certainly was
Wouldn't be surprised if they're on the books somewhere

 

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And we;re not.

Something that would never happen in China. Putting a complete Buffoon like Trump in charge.

China will still be around in 1000 years. America, I kind of doubt it.

Seriously? China has a dictatorship. I think you are being overly emotional.

 

[sparky]

The Biden administration said Friday that it has finalized tariff hikes on certain Chinese-made products that the president first announced in May.

The tariff rate will go up to 100% on electric vehicles, to 50% on solar cells and to 25% on electrical vehicle batteries, critical minerals, steel, aluminum, face masks and ship-to-shore cranes beginning September 27, according to the US Trade Representative’s Office.

Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take effect over the next two years.

I guess i missed all the outrage in Sept......~S~

 

[Robert W]

I guess i missed all the outrage in Sept......~S~

The press treated Biden as were he a Democrat, just as they are for the most part. No truth, no importance.

 

[Robert W]

Bobbie, bobbie, bobbie, if you don't understand anything about sanctions then don't keep trying to waste my time.

Let me get you started! Sanctions are economic warfare that can only work for a country that possesses the power to make it work.

Like Biden did to Russia you mean!!!

 

[Robert W]

Naw, we are an emaciated chimpanzee who thinks it's an 800 lb gorilla.

The problem with playing Chicken is, eventually, someone doesn't swerve.

Why did you support Biden knowing what you claim?

 

[JoeB131]

Why did you support Biden knowing what you claim?

Because he wasn't a crazy person like Trump is.

 

[Robert W]

Because he wasn't a crazy person like Trump is.

How could you tell given as he was almost catatonic?

 

[JoeB131]

How could you tell given as he was almost catatonic?

See, if you are going to be dishonest, there's no point talking to you.

 

[Robert W]

See, if you are going to be dishonest, there's no point talking to you.

Great since I am not dishonest.

 

[Donald H]

Like Biden did to Russia you mean!!!

Exactly! So far to date Biden stands chiefly responsible for the great risk of nuclear war with Russia.

At least Trump should be believed that he will end the war, until he can be shown to be a liar again!

 

[Robert W]

Exactly! So far to date Biden stands chiefly responsible for the great risk of nuclear war with Russia.

At least Trump should be believed that he will end the war, until he can be shown to be a liar again!

What is interesting is you do not blame Putin at all and he was who invaded Ukraine.

There was a much faster way to deal with Putin vs a very slow way to deal with him. Biden chose the creepy way of dealing with Putin.

Try to see it this way. Say you notice a person drowning. You can try to instantly rescue them or you can stand around watching them drown as you discuss with others if they need help or want to help. As the party drowns you all are gabbing.

Remember when Truman invaded South Korea after North Korea invaded South Korea. Truman did it fast. It took hours for him to send my uncle Gene to fight the North Koreans. And Gene was killed in combat days later.
Truman did it right.

Biden wasted years just to supply the needed weapons. I am jnot clear the F16s there in Ukraine even were sent by Biden. I know some were sent there by other countries.

Biden acted like this was not a serious invasion. I fault Biden on that score.

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President Harry Truman ordered US ground forces into South Korea the day after North Korea invaded on June 29, 1950, and the first troops arrived on July 1. The troops were rushed into combat four days later, but were forced to retreat.

Explanation
The US was caught by surprise when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Within hours, Truman decided that the US would fight. The US announced direct assistance to South Korea on June 27, 1950, and US airplanes bombed North Korean troops the next day.

 

[ding]

If Trump stays serious about sanctions then all Canada's trade relations with the US can and will be diversified by awarding resources to China and other trading partners that are anxious to trade.. America will then need successful wars to fulfill their oil shortage, when Canada sends ours to China!

Trump is under the illusion that America has the power to harm other countries' free trade. The US no longer has that power. China and the Brics alliance does.

America's power to do harm to world trade relations is about as powerful as it's aircraft carriers being sitting ducks!

If Trump follows through, he's a gift to the rest of the world. He likely won't. Canada should be so lucky!

You do realize it's just a negotiation strategy, right? To gain whatever symbolic concessions he can get? So stop being such a drama queen.

 

[JoeB131]

Great since I am not dishonest.

You're a Mormon, the most lying SOBs I ever met in my life.

President Harry Truman ordered US ground forces into South Korea the day after North Korea invaded on June 29, 1950, and the first troops arrived on July 1. The troops were rushed into combat four days later, but were forced to retreat.

Explanation
The US was caught by surprise when North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Within hours, Truman decided that the US would fight. The US announced direct assistance to South Korea on June 27, 1950, and US airplanes bombed North Korean troops the next day.

Ukraine is not Korea. To start with, there were US troops in Korea when the invasion started. Secondly, the US was able to get the UN to sign on to military efforts.

We couldn't directly fight the Russians in Ukraine without starting WW3.