• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    ·
    21 hours ago

    For its retaliation, Canada has went through serious work to select specific products and industries to impose tariffs on that will have the maximum political impact on the US while minimizing damage to Canadians.

    Meanwhile Trump just went 25 percent on everything expect for energy with no additional thought given. He looks like a complete amateur.

    • Peereboominc@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      20 hours ago

      Not doing the full 25% on energy shows that the US can’t afford to do so. All Canada needs to do is make energy more expensive for the US. Top it up till 25%.

      • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        14 hours ago

        Yes, please do it. Since everyone of these conservatives bitched so much about fuel prices the entire time, it would be so freaking poetic. It’s not like the US can just ramp up gasoline production because refineries cost billions and take years to get going.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        16 hours ago

        Making a specific country pay more for exports is the nuclear option. And frankly, it’s well deserved at this point. With all the “jokes” about annexing making Canada into the 51st state, there’s more than enough justification for it.

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        17 hours ago

        The man who loaned his name and a few quotes to a ghost writer, for the book The Art of the Deal.

        This guy didn’t write anything longer than a tweet.