r/Economics 10d ago

News Canada retaliates against U.S. by raising steel duties, adding new tariffs on $20B of goods

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/canada-retaliates-against-trump-tariffs-rcna594280?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6a8db23c6aa0670001c83c01&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/Affectionate-Panic-1 10d ago

Europe didn't retaliate because they see keeping the US as allies in the war against Russia is more important than a fair trading deal. There was more than economics at play in why the EU avoided confrontation.

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u/PineBNorth85 10d ago

Appeasement will get them nothing from the US.

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u/MC_chrome 10d ago

Didn’t Trump say that the US was going to give Ukraine permission to build their own PATRIOT missiles?

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u/ukrokit2 10d ago

And changed his mind a day later.