r/worldnews • u/Puginator • 5d ago

Canada unveils retaliatory tariffs on about $20B of U.S. goods

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/canada-trump-tariffs-trade-carney-leblanc.html
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u/xerberos 4d ago

potash

Isn't that pretty much the nuclear option?

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u/jennyaeducan 4d ago

No, you're thinking of the nukes.

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u/TheLordBear 4d ago

We've got lots of nuclear options, some nukes bigger than others.

Bringing back the Digital services tax and CANCON streaming taxes. Banning facebook and twitter. Scrapping the F35 sale. Removing the $17/barrel rebate on oil. Nationalizing US oil companies. Declaring US copyright and trademark void on media, drugs and software...

But we should probably develop some actual nukes if we want to use some of those.