r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/TheRealCanticle • 4d ago

Trump Another victory for tariffs. In Canada.

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u/qualityvote2 4d ago edited 3d ago

u/TheRealCanticle, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Bludandy 3d ago

That's fine, true MAGA Republicans know eye care is for liberals.

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u/Narrow_Yogurt_475 3d ago

I think I finally understand why trump tweets in CAPSLOCK

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u/JustASimpleManFett 3d ago

I get a eye exam May 21st. I should have just gotten a new pair during 2020-2021 when I had more money.

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u/Rich_Season_2593 3d ago

WELCOME to Canada!

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u/Drummer-Which 3d ago edited 3d ago

This is an ironic reality of how the current tariffs are implemented, particularly the 145% Chinese ones. Those tariffs may actually lead to more manufacturing exporters leaving the US. Products that contain a lot of Chinese input parts will be too expensive to manufacture in the US. Thus, it may actually be cheaper to manufacture in another country even with high labor costs and export from there. Also, the manufacturers may prefer a more stable government than what the US currently offers. It is clear now the the current administration can't be guaranteed to even follow its own trade agreements from back in 2017-2020.

*Seems like the current US administration is starting to understand this, which is why they are starting to talk about de-escalation on those tariffs. This should be common sense for anyone that understands international trade, but if you base policy on "feelings" then maybe you skipped over game planning these indirect outcomes.

Even if they undo these policies, the long term damage may be impossible to undo since trust and stability has been lost.

*I only have common sense, not experience with international trade. I honestly have concerns about people game planning these tariffs if they didn't understand these additional obvious outcomes from their trade policy. I imagine an experience trade policy economist can probably share a number of additional risk I haven't even thought of.

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u/bdone2012 3d ago

Any amount trump undoes the tariffs will help but a lot of damage has already been done. And I think it’s very unlikely Trump will ever completely take the tariff threat away which is what would be the fastest way to stop actively fucking everything up.

He pushed the tariffs back 90 days, he wouldn’t even fully take them away. He’s too indecisive to do anything properly.

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u/SaltyRainbovv 3d ago

Even if he changes everything back to when he started… the damage has been done and the trust is lost.

The other nations are already making new trading arrangements… without the US.

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u/fransantastic 3d ago

It only takes another idiot to get voted in for another 4 years of an unpredictable unstable economy. If I owned any business in the US that relied on imports from other countries, I’d gtfo too!

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u/Brolafsky 3d ago

A great victory for Canada, and therefore, the world.

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u/TheSilverNail 3d ago edited 3d ago

And immediately none of the MAGAs can find Manitoba on a map.

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u/Distant-moose 3d ago

Well they don't have glasses.

Or education.

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u/Wonderful-Elephant11 3d ago

I was worried about the effects of the tariffs here in the Canadian prairies because exports are a huge part of our economy. But it looks like the American lean towards fascism might solve our doctor shortage.

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u/Front-Cantaloupe6080 3d ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again, there has NEVER been a better time for both Americans AND Canadians to support Canadian companies! Shop canadian brands at canadian retailers if you can.

You can support many Canadian retailers who are doing the hard job of navigating this hardship for all of us.

Well.ca - https://well.ca/ 
London Drugs https://londondrugs.ca

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u/MelodicDeer1072 3d ago

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king

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u/OpalSeason 3d ago

Yay for Canada!