What Is The Point of Trump's 25% Tariff on Canada and Mexico??

[Roundybout]

 

 

Well well! Trump folded! 

[nedboy7]

 

[Homelander]

This administration has absolutely no clue what they're doing.

 

 

[Roundybout]

17 minutes ago, Homelander said:

This administration has absolutely no clue what they're doing.

 

 

He didn’t even get pretend concessions like the first time around!

[Homelander]

5 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

He didn’t even get pretend concessions like the first time around!

 

Art of the Deal!

[AlBUNDY4TDS]

37 minutes ago, Homelander said:

 

Art of the Deal!

It's only for a month and they have to be nafta compliant. Sorry to ruin your parade.

[Roundybout]

1 minute ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

It's only for a month and they have to be nafta compliant. Sorry to ruin your parade.

It’s Trump’s own agreement dude 

[SectionC3]

1 hour ago, Homelander said:

This administration has absolutely no clue what they're doing.

 

 

This.  And I’m the meantime, Canada and Mexico string trump along while looking for different partners.  They’re buying time,  and we accomplish nothing other than aggravating allies and partners. 

[All_Pro_Bills]

1 hour ago, SectionC3 said:

This.  And I’m the meantime, Canada and Mexico string trump along while looking for different partners.  They’re buying time,  and we accomplish nothing other than aggravating allies and partners. 

What new partners are Canada and Mexico going to engage to offload goods and products previously destined for the US market? Some might say mercantilism based economy China but they're not exactly friendly to imports without conditions. And Canada diverting crude oil exports from the U.S. to perhaps Asia? You need pipeline capacity to get the oil to ports on the west coast and shipping capacity to take it across the Pacific. All this takes time, effort, and money. The obvious path is to some reconciliation that will be reached in maybe a week or two. In the meantime there's nothing I can do other than watch the markets panic and nibble at some good companies at better prices that will rebound once the dust settles here.

[SectionC3]

4 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

What new partners are Canada and Mexico going to engage to offload goods and products previously destined for the US market? Some might say mercantilism based economy China but they're not exactly friendly to imports without conditions. And Canada diverting crude oil exports from the U.S. to perhaps Asia? You need pipeline capacity to get the oil to ports on the west coast and shipping capacity to take it across the Pacific. All this takes time, effort, and money. The obvious path is to some reconciliation that will be reached in maybe a week or two. In the meantime there's nothing I can do other than watch the markets panic and nibble at some good companies at better prices that will rebound once the dust settles here.

Infrastructure is an issue re oil, yes.  But I’d start planning for that if I was them.  And,  in the meantime, they’ll source new suppliers and take their cash elsewhere.  Cotton can be bought in Brazil.  Booze can come from somewhere other than Kentucky.  Cars can be bought elsewhere, etc.  And our taxing of  petroleum imports only makes stuff more expensive for us.  It’s a mess. 

[Trump_is_Mentally_fit]

3 hours ago, Homelander said:

This administration has absolutely no clue what they're doing.

 

 

Just f'n clueless. Playing with fire and we all will get burned