c/canada · by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 297d

Trump says he's raising 'tariff on Canada' by 10% 'over and above what they are paying now'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-says-he-s-raising-tariff-on-canada-by-10-over-and-above-what-they-are-paying-now-9.6953786

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piskertariot@lemmy.world · 108 pts · 297d (3 replies)

Canadians still don't pay the tarrifs.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 297d (2 replies)

Shocked Pikachu! I hope the people of the US realize that sooner or later.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 21 pts · 297d

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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 17 pts · 297d

Probably some time after the people currently absorbing the cost run out and their economy implodes.

I admit, even with the scary global crisis potential, it's going to be kind of satisfying.

Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 64 pts · 297d (2 replies)

Glad they pulled those Reagan tariff commercials to appease him. Yet again they fall for his whining bitch-fest and give him what he wants and he does whatever he wants anyway. Stop enabling him.

Bring back the commercials. Bring back the digital services tax.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 297d

Yes bring back the dst more people will find Canadian alternatives

FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 296d

Doug Ford had some big dick energy planning to run the commercials for months but that spineless oaf backed down at the first sign of resistance.

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 43 pts · 297d (3 replies)

He’s going to punish us either way, so play the ad all day long.

Albbi@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 297d

And bring back the big tech tax.

Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 296d (1 reply)

He's going to punish Americans. His tariffs don't do shit to Canada.

NotSteve_@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 296d

That's not entirely true tbf. I know some people who work as electrical engineers in factories and the tariffs do hurt their businesses quite a lot

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 297d

Strange, I don't seem to be paying anything at the moment. I wonder who's really paying the bill? The American public you say?

Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 297d

Nobody drinks orange juice or American liquor here anymore. Not a big deal. His Ball room looks like shit

Shadow@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 297d (1 reply)

Canadian made goods are sent to the US under cusma anyways, so they're duty free. This mostly hurts vendors that buy from China and just reship without doing much.

The bigger impact was from them getting rid of their $800 exemption, since now every package gets hit by customs & handling fees.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 297d

Not all trade is done under CUSMA

mp3@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 296d (1 reply)

Gotta fund the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom in some way during the shutdown.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 296d

Why? Do you think the government employees are making money while they are locked out?

I don’t believe that they are, but the people are still paying taxes.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 297d (2 replies)

He can't be dead soon enough. Dofo, play that add again

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 297d (1 reply)

I do not see him being around in 3 years and 3 months but he cannot kick it soon enough.

Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 297d

Dumb fucker can't even do that right.

thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 297d

Why not a million percent at this point?

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 297d (1 reply)

Huh, Ronald Reagan even says he's stupid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWQRuRIxMBI

7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 297d

Well obviously he is a rino and an undercover antifa agent. Everyone knows that Ronald Reagan was woke.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 22 pts · 297d

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IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 297d (5 replies)

Our grocery store used to sell avocados from the US and they were $4 each. Today I bought a bag of 5 from Mexico and the bag was only $3.99.

Keep going Trump. I like these cheap Mexican avocados. Without your shenanigans, we'd probably still be stuck with American produce.

golden_calf@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 297d (1 reply)

Really? In America we buy Mexican avocados. I didn't even know there were American avocados.

zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 297d

They grow a bunch in Florida and California.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 297d (2 replies)

US tariffs are on Canadian goods sold in the US. So, Canola, softwood lumber, auto parts, potash, etc.

IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 296d

I think you missed my point. Every time that orange idiot opens his face, he pisses his allies off and make them non-allies. He didn't earn the relationship the US has with Canada by being diplomatic, but he has no problem demolishing it. His last term he dicked around and threw out a previously agreed upon trade agreement, so he signed a new one that was similar, and this term forgot that was his agreement and said it sucked.

Each time he dicks around, it motivates Canada to look elsewhere for reliable, trustworthy and sane long term partners. Since the US had decided it is no longer a friend of Canada and speaks of absorbing it, Canada has decided to stop shopping with the US as much as possible. This is how I now have avocados from Mexico. If the stores put US produce on the shelf, it rots. No one wants it simply because Trump is a huge piece of shit.

There is a growing desire in Canada for Chinese EV cars. They are just as shit as the US ones (except they charge faster and go further), but they're way cheaper. Canada put a tariff on these cars to help protect the US auto industry. China had made Canada some nice trade offers, which aren't so great for the US, but we haven't taken them yet. Keep dicking around Trump. I want my Chinese EV.

I guess my point is, the more Trump tries to bully Canada, the better off Canada becomes.

Bigger picture: The US is failing, Canada sees this, and Trump is escalating it. This has really benefited Canada because we're positioning ourselves to be better off when the US crumbles. Without Trump, I don't think we'd be in as good position when it finally happens.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 296d

I think they also tariff Mexican goods, so Mexico redirects their exports here. So we get Mexican goods at lower prices. Due to the higher supply, lower demand.

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 297d (1 reply)

They were never serious about trade talks. It's all a childish game. Let's end trade with them completely.

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 297d

We the people can try our best.

NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 297d

So, I'm not sure if I understand this correctly, but...

They jailed a guy on terrorism charges for posting a ~~Charlie Kirk~~ Trump quote.

Does the Ontario government now get charged with terrorism for quoting Reagan?

That's how things work now right?

AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 297d

US businesses impacted negatively by this will blame Canada, because their God Trump tells them so.

US is said and done, most people here just don't see it yet or aren't willing to accept it.

ikidd@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 296d

Funny, I don't recall paying a tariff? Did any of you? Those Americans certainly seem to be paying a lot in tariffs though.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 14 pts · 297d (5 replies)

Canada has higher tariffs then Russia at this point, right?

SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 297d (4 replies)

BC Premier David Eby is preparing a digital ad campaign stating exactly that. Canadian lumber has higher tarrifs than Russian lumber imported into the USA:

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/24/bc-digital-campaign-american-audience/

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 297d (3 replies)

And I hope he doesn’t fold like Ford.

IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 296d (2 replies)

Since Trump shit his pants, he didn't need to keep running the ad. If Trump had kept his mouth shut, it would have been a blip. Since he filled his diapers, everyone has seen it, talked about it, heard of it, know of it. The ad did exactly what it was designed to do.

Why keep running it when it has become viral and people watch it for free?

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 296d (1 reply)

Fair point, when the weekend stories came in I thought about changing my remark.

IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 295d

Of course, it does make Ford look really weak saying he was pulling the ad.

skozzii@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 296d

Correction : He is raising the tariffs on Americans buying Canadian goods.

Bonus@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 297d

Another day, another provocation. This is what he lives for.

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 12 pts · 296d (2 replies)

Something something-

ELBOWS UP!

CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 296d

Calm the fuck down.

This only effects Canadian products being sold to the U.S.. Companies will raise the price of products, costing not us, but U.S. Americans. Their food banks are already running out in the mornings, he is litterly starving his country. While funneling money towards Argentina, and hurting his own American Farmers.

They already have protests for "No Kings", at this rate their will be a collapse of the country, or a coup.

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 295d

Have yet to see Carney grow that spine. Maybe one day he’ll call on all U.S debts to be repaid to Canada, until that day elbows are at the lowest they’ve ever been.

BC_viper@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 297d

Until the headline reads trump eats a bullet. He can eat a dick.

recursive_recursion@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 297d

Arrested Development: America in a Nutshell

yannic@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 296d (4 replies)

I'm not sure what the tarrifs currently are, but I'm not sure this is as dramatic as it sounds.

As an example, if the tarrifs are currently 30%, raising them 10% over and above what they currently are would make them 33%, right? ....right?

Then again, he's already proven that he can't do maths

4am@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 296d

Yeah no he means that if they’re 30% he’s making them 40%.

Again, unilaterally and without the vote of Congress, which hems supposed to need.

Can someone please remove him? What the fuck are we even doing here?