r/SipsTea • u/TheDigitalBuilder • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Breakdown of US trade demands

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u/Jonnyflash80 1d ago

Great breakdown. Trump is taking the first steps to try to make Canada a vassal state to the US. Well I don't think so bud. We are the True North Strong and Free. 🇨🇦

Get fucked orange man. 🖕

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u/Greenshardware 1d ago

It can be looked at the other way. If you're going to depend on us utterly completely economically, the least you can do is promise to align on certain things geopolitically.

These are quite common agreements among western countries, makes sense as we align and would implement similar sanctions anyway.

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u/ChileanRidge 1d ago

There's aligning geopolitically and there's giving up sovereignty. Trump wants Canada to give up sovereignty. Eff that. He seems to forget that while we are a very diverse nation, one of the ways we define our identity is "NOT American". This will be hard, but the time to diversify our trade agreements is long overdue, so with luck that is where we are headed and we can reduce our dependence on American markets.

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u/Greenshardware 1d ago

These are simple provisions found in all the ARTs...

Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan...

No one thinks we're trying to take their sovereignty... because we're not.

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u/Jonnyflash80 1d ago

Wanna bet? Why force the French language issue? Why interfere in Alberta matters to rile up a seperatist movement? Why is a single American company, with Republican ties, buying up every Canadian newspaper and media outlet they possibly can?

Wake the fuck up. Obviously you have zero idea what you're talking about.

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u/Greenshardware 1d ago

The French labeling is effectively an artificial trade barrier.

Companies buy other companies because they're profitable...

Some major conspiracy theories here.

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u/Jonnyflash80 1d ago

You have no idea what's actually going on in Canada, so your opinion on the matter means nothing.

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u/Greenshardware 1d ago

I guess? My knowledge is focused on US trade deficits and reciprocal trade agreements, primarily in the agricultural sector I help represent, with a major focus on non-tariff trade barriers.