Why does their government hate their citizens that much? They claim this is really good for Canadian dairy farmers, but you know they're lying. They're just trying to punish American dairy Farmers and their own Canadian citizenry.
Why is the cruel Canadian government punishing their citizens by putting a 300% tax on American cheese?
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Because they are too stupid to realize they can't win. If their tariffs hadn't been so high in the first place, maybe this would not have happened.
The Canadian economy is entirely dependent on the US. They were on the gravy train too long. They need to admit they need the US way more than the US needs Canada. They need to adjust their policies accordingly.
You know, it’s funny that according to leftists, tariffs are only a problem for US consumers. When applied to US exports, according to leftists, there’s absolutely no problem and their complaints cease.
Most American "cheese" is in fact pasteurized cheese product and it is G... ROSS! I switched over to using sliced cheddar and provolone a number of years ago and I will never eat another slice of that disgusting garbage again.
So in a weird sort of way, even if inadvertently, Canada did themselves a favor.
I dunno. America has been accused of spreading misery throughout the world. Do we want to lend more credibility to that? Canada may have... I can't believe I'm about to say this... done the world a favor.
I admire Canada and every other country for putting tariffs on American products. It's the smart thing to do. But when Trump does it the entire world says it's bad.
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Canada has had restrictive tariffs on US farm products for decades. I remember when I was a little kid I saw US farmers dumping thousands of gallons of milk down the drain. My father tried to explain it to me but it really made no sense. Now i understand what it was all about.
I guess it is ok to put over a 100% tariff on our products for decades and we did not tariff them till the man tariffed them and they did not like it. Trump just leveled the playing field, and they do not like it. Really tough shit Canada
It's so funny, because this will have zero negative effect on our economy while simultaneously boosting the dairy products of Northern U. S. states. They bitch about the tariffs and then give our farmers the same benefits. of them
Maybe because the U. S. is putting tarrifs on their goods so it's a reactionary tarrif. Thr other option, which would be worse for American dairy farmers is to not buy any cheese from the U. S. at all, which thry can easily do.
Honestly the entire post sounds sarcastic, because they produce enough cheese thst they don't need any from the U. S., so the tartif isn't meaning that thy won't get cheese. Also our cows are not superior in producing cheese.
This is not rocket science. Canadians put a outrageous tariff in American dairy products, because they are protecting their own farmers. I admire them for that. And Trump is putting tariffs on imports because he wants to protect American companies. This is not a difficult concept. It has nothing to do with the cheese shortage in Canada. There's no way in hell that Canadians can compete with the price of American dairy products. They just can't. So they artificially raise the price on American dairy products, to protect Canadian dairy.
I lived on a border Town near Canada and the Canadians come down by the thousands per day to take advantage of cheap American products. Canadian products are expensive to make up for all the free things you get that you think you are free. The only way Canada can make up for it is by applying outrageous tariffs on American goods.. Smart move on their part.
The problem with Trump's tarrifs on some goods is that we don't produce them here. Tarrif foreign corn, soybeans, etc. That's fine, we produce enough we don't need it from other countries. However, there are some things we don't produce here, either by choice, production costs, or whatever other reason. Putting high tarrifs on them means they just aren't here. We aren't producing them anyway, so it won't encourage buying from American producers, because we don't have any. That's the issue with his tarrifs, also who pays the costs, American citizens. Then of course he doesn't really understand what a trade deficits is. You probably have one with your barber. You are paying your barber more than he is paying you. You are paying him for your hair cut, so you're getting value out of it, just not $. That's what a trade deficit is, you are paying thrm more for their products than they are paying you for yours.
i think since you made the example with cheese, i think you showed exactly how it can be done without being hyporcitical. by puting high tarrifs on products that create a burden on your healthcare system. like alcohol, highly processed foods with mostly saturated fats, cigarretes and so on. I don't know if Canada is doing that but i would not see that as hypocritical if they did it that way.
@kavakava Not to mention marketing. People would just stop buying the stuff and wait for the beginning of the next year if you'd slap a +300% extra on the price. No they keep prices at a sweet spot where they usually just won't exceed the quota.
@kavakava Same reasons Trump is placing tariffs on Euro cheese. Protectionism to reduce the flow of money out of the country. This of course comes with some caveats like slower economic growth, with the exception of doing it as a way of supporting a fledgling industry.
@kavakava Look firstly the average baseline trade rate tariff Canada has is 3.4%. Secondly USA wanted these trade wars. Though they should improve their railroad connections to the seas. Make themselves less reliant on US.
I remember when climate change was the biggest existential threat to humanity. But that's now moved into second place and the biggest threat is Canadian tariffs. Mark Carney is way worse than trump.
No, Trump started a trade war and the Canadians are responding. There is plenty of cheese and wine in Canada and Europe and New Zealand and Australia, plenty of whiskey from Canada and Scotland and Ireland and Japan.
Slaty probably also doesn’t know that US banks and financial services companies are not allowed to do business in Canada, and that long predated Trump.
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