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Here it is, our big unifying moment. (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

As a Canadian, a little part of me wants him to increase the tariffs even more, to 100%, 200%, 300%, maybe more.

I want the lessons that Trump-voters are currently being taught, by the free market, to be as unambiguous as possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 18 hours ago

He did that temporarily with tariffs on China. Tariffs over 60% are essentially a trade embargo since thats a cost that's too rich for companies to eat and would make imports too cost prohibitive to meaningfully compete with domestic alternatives.

Any tariff that high is a bluff. Essentially all his tariffs are a bluff, a type of 'worst case scenario', so that when he strikes a 'deal' (no matter how meaningless), he can declare victory. He's a TV personality. Its all for show.

The working class in the US is in for some real pain. Its too bad that so many of them voted for this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Tie the highest possible tariffs to corporate sponsors of his regime, then you can punish the responsible people more effectively.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

I wish our governments (federal, provincial, and municipal) were more surgical, but that might be too much to ask.

Frankly, I think even retaliatory tariffs are dumb.

Let the free market deal with it: if Canadians can't get as much American money selling to Americans, they probably won't buy as much from the US.