Canada already gave it in last time they talked (end of tech tax, retaliatory tariffs, ...). I wonder what they want now, and if Carney will go above and beyond for Trump again (as in he could easily have bound the concessions with the continuity of the negotiations).
U.S. demanding concessions from Canada before trade talks, sources say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO8TPGna8YQ
26 Comments
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 122d
Canada reps should show up 3 hours late and piss on the table.
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 122d
The US president already shits himself on live TV, so he's already got us beat there.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 122d
gotta set the tone.
hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 121d
Now I'm picturing Mark Carney showing up rapping.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 122d
I don't understand why anyone would sign an agreement with this guy. He goes back on his word every day, he has no credibility.
AGM@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 121d
Not only do they not keep their word, they use fake negotiations as a deceptive tactic and then kill the opposing negotiators. Not that I expect them to do that to Canada, but there’s no such thing as good faith negotiations from them.
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 120d
Yup they are a gangster regime.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 122d
How about go fuck your self instead?
HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 122d
fuck em then, no talks
Go pound sand yankee doodle
danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 122d
Fucking Americans man...
BinzyBoi@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 122d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 122d
as opposed to who?
The USA aggressively does not want a fair trade deal, and even if they signed one, they would just ignore it.
BinzyBoi@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 122d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 121d
Oh fucking please. An actual economist versus a TeeVee Journalist.
BinzyBoi@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 121d
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 122d
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BinzyBoi@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 122d
systemglitch@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 122d
Carney has been doing an amazing job. Something is wrong with you if you can't see that.
a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 121d
I completely agree.
I completely disagree. This is a democracy. You're allowed to not like the Prime Minister. That doesn't mean that something's wrong with you
pticrix@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 122d
But he made that nice speech that one time!!1!
DredPyr8Roberts@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 122d
Concede us nothing, Canada. Then make your own demands for concessions. The boycotts are working, don't give up now.
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 16 pts · 122d
Canada should close the St. Lawrence to US traffic
Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 122d
could we, like, impose a toll?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 122d
Mark should signal through admin staff that he's cancelling his travel plans and call it a day. He has better things to worry about, and when the yanks' federal rep has a better attitude they can just rebook.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 122d
This iteration of North American trade talks are going like the equivalent of some ticket sales page where there's a constant upsell for nothing in return.
Mark Carney just has to click "Skip", "Skip", "Skip", "Skip" ad infinitum...
SW42@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 122d
Oh, TACO Tuesday is coming!
grte@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 121d
As far as I can determine the Canadian government would be just fine letting the agreement as is continue, so, uh.....No.
PS. Kiss my ass.
skozzii@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 121d
Just keep kicking the can down the road until mid terms and they impeach Trump.
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 121d
Sunshine@piefed.ca · -5 pts · 122d
Watch Carney fail the walk again after saying the right words…
Nils@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 121d
Yeah, I feel for his words many times now. He does something bad, then a press conference with all his charms, here comes another bad thing, another press... rinse and repeat.
The digital services tax was expected to bring $2B USD. He dropped it, alleging help in the negotiations without any fallback plan. At that moment, I realized he was using those excuses as an opportunity to pass his agendas, as in, dropping those taxes were his plans all along. It is easy to pass unpopular decisions when he has a scapegoat like Trump.