What is the purpose of tariffs on Canada?

[g5000]

Hey, you know what IS a violation of the USMCA?

Trump's tariffs.

 

[BackAgain]

You are making shit up. Please provide examples of "government-sponsored protectionism of Canadian goods" which violate the USMCA.

Not even your orange god has made that claim, whiff boi.

Another swing and another miss.

 

[g5000]

Another swing and another miss.

So you have nothing.

You made a bullshit claim and can't back it up.

As usual.

 

[whitehall]

Canada makes cars intended for U.S. consumption but does not import U.S. cars. What does the U.S. need from Canada that can't be made in the greatest Country in the world? Hockey pucks? The threat of tariffs has already caused Canada to beef up security against the flow of drugs intended for American kids. Isn't that worth something even to the left?

 

[Nostra]

Please tell us what the Tariffs on Canada are meant to achieve?

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/canada-mexico-tariffs-create-ripple-effects-on-consumer-prices.html

So lets say it is going to cost $450 per household per year

what it's target?

What metric will signify success?

Note:
There is barely any fentanyl that comes across the border.

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So maybe it is the trade imbalance... I don't know what balancing this does... It doesn't benefit either side...

United States Imports from Canada was US$421.21 Billion​

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Canada Imports from United States was US$277.04 Billion​

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So if Canada stops exporting Oil, Gas and Aluminium to US then that could balance up...
I know some will say that would kill US refining industry and severely hurt US exports (of Refined Oil and Gas) but this has to be balanced if that is the goal.

So what is the aim of these tariffs?

Trump has laid out the purpose in detail, Simp.

You really should educate yourself on a topic before starting a thread and exposing your ignorance.

 

[Nostra]

Okay, I can't believe this actually has to be explained to the cult, but let's do some numbers.

US Population: 340 million.
Canada Population: 40 million

US GDP: $28 trillion
Canada GDP: $2 trillion


Hmmmm, I wonder why it is we buy more shit from Canada than they buy from us.

It's a real fucking mystery, ain't it.

CONSPIRACY!!!

You just exposed why it is such a joke for that pissant country to claim they are going to ‘retaliate”.

 

[BackAgain]

So you have nothing.

You made a bullshit claim and can't back it up.

As usual.

That your own ignorance prevents you from seeing truth doesn’t make a liar of me or anyone else, lil g.

Although the British North American colonies had relied upon relatively low tariffs on specific commodities for government revenues, the first coherent Canadian system of protection was established well after Confederation. Sir John A. Macdonald won the 1878 general election largely on the strength of the National Policy, a policy of Economic Nationalism designed to protect Canadian businesses against competition from lower-cost US firms. Since that time, although the 1911 general election was contested over the question of free trade with the US (see reciprocity), protectionism in some form has always been part of Canada's international economic relations.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/protectionism

I realize you’re a lump of ignorant lazy shit, lil g.0005. But I bet even a retard like you could dig up a boatload of Canadian Protectionist behaviors. (That includes includes tariffs, you twatrash. And, just to assist you, this isn’t a thread about the wisdom or folly of tariffs in general.)

 

[g5000]

Seriously, why is Trump so unhappy with an arrangement HE made?

Enquiring minds want to know.

His tariffs are in direct violation of the USMCA which HE made!

The man is positively schizo.

 

[g5000]

 

[g5000]

 

[Calypso Jones]

I wish these leftists were as supportive of the US as they are of Canada, ukraine, france, england, gaza, iran., hamas, mexico, colombia, venezuela,

 

[Calypso Jones]

Goin' back to the Table!!!

 

[BackAgain]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is often seen criticizing American President Donald Trump for his protectionist trade policies. Trudeau has openly criticized the Americans and Trump in particular for breaking up the NAFTA and for pulling out of the Paris Accord.

Trudeau also wants to project Canada’s image as a country wherein immigrants are welcome. This is the reason why Trudeau has started creating policies which allow H1B workers to migrate to Canada easily.

However, the reality is that all of Trudeau’s policy seems like a publicity stunt. This is because if we look behind the carefully cultivated image, Canada is probably the most protectionist country on the American continent. The reality is that the rules and regulations in Canada are so complex that even the provinces are not able to freely trade with each other.

» Canada’s Protectionist Economic Policies

www.managementstudyguide.com

 

[Zincwarrior]

The Canadians put tariffs on American goods all the time.

Please cite where.. we are both party to a free trade agreement.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Canada makes cars intended for U.S. consumption but does not import U.S. cars. What does the U.S. need from Canada that can't be made in the greatest Country in the world? Hockey pucks? The threat of tariffs has already caused Canada to beef up security against the flow of drugs intended for American kids. Isn't that worth something even to the left?

There are no Canadian car companies.

 

[marvin martian]

There are no Canadian car companies.

What about Canadian banks? Why do we have them here, but US banks are banned from Canada?

 

[Calypso Jones]

I don't know what you think usmca is.

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020. The USMCA, which substituted the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a mutually beneficial win for North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The Agreement creates more balanced...

ustr.gov

 

[Calypso Jones]

wh wh where is that free trade you spoke of?

List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025 - Canada.ca

Effective February 4, 2025, the government is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States (U.S.).

www.canada.ca

FACT CHECK: Does Canada Charge A 270% Tariff On US Dairy?

'Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy'

checkyourfact.com

 

[AntonToo]

No. There we don’t go. One deal isn’t the same as the history of Canadian tariffs on America.

Nor does it address other government-sponsored protectionism of Canadian goods which Trump believes to be unfair.

Thanks for your latest mighty whiff.

Which "government sponsored protectionism of Canadian goods" does Trump believe is unfair?

Or do you just make these rationalizations up as you go along?

 

[Zincwarrior]

wh wh where is that free trade you spoke of?

List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025 - Canada.ca

Effective February 4, 2025, the government is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States (U.S.).

www.canada.ca

FACT CHECK: Does Canada Charge A 270% Tariff On US Dairy?

'Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy'

checkyourfact.com

You're citing an article on Canadian tariffs IN RESPONSE to Trump.