American companies that will benefit from tariffs?

[Gregmal]

How many of these agencies have basically become worthless as a public resource due to the simple fact that every new administration rushes in and brings all their partisan scab-leeches with them to fill the ranks of these agencies; sucking out greatly bloated salaries and benefits while pretty much just catering to their own party’s ambitions rather than the overall needs of the country?

[Eng12345]

4 hours ago, Gregmal said:

I really don’t have that much of a problem with defense spending. But all these agencies and organizations domestically? I don’t care what other countries are doing, we don’t need them prying into our lives here. Most have become de facto lobbyist organizations anyway. Like what good has the Department of Education or Energy done over the last 2 decades? 

 

Pick a lab and see your way to google scholar. 

[Mephistopheles]

 

There’s no way they’re going to make a dent without tackling the big 3. And neither side will touch health or social security. I’m really skeptical of a big cut at the Pentagon as well. But let’s see…

[Gregmal]

Was I misreading or did I see that Canada, despite all the whining about tariffs, is dishing out their own tariffs on Chinese products? So aggressively that now China is retaliating? Awfully hypocritical. Wonder if the Chinese are gonna pull maple syrup from the shelves to protest. 

[Spooky]

1 hour ago, Gregmal said:

Was I misreading or did I see that Canada, despite all the whining about tariffs, is dishing out their own tariffs on Chinese products? So aggressively that now China is retaliating? Awfully hypocritical. Wonder if the Chinese are gonna pull maple syrup from the shelves to protest. 

 

We don't have a free trade agreement with China like we do with the US. Also, while I don't agree with them, these are on Chinese EVs, similar to what you did under the Biden admin.

[Lazarus]

Canada put 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. And Canada's leftists also hate Elon now and there is a call from some of them to put a 100% tariff on Tesla EVs (e.g., by Chrystia Freeland, recent finance minister and 2nd place in the Liberal leadership race to replace Trudeau).

[Gregmal]

So tariffs for thee but not for me is the official Canadian position? 

[rogermunibond]

38 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

Canada put 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. And Canada's leftists also hate Elon now and there is a call from some of them to put a 100% tariff on Tesla EVs (e.g., by Chrystia Freeland, recent finance minister and 2nd place in the Liberal leadership race to replace Trudeau).

Mark Carney is the new PM

[dwy000]

24 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

So tariffs for thee but not for me is the official Canadian position? 

Canada put the levies on in August 2024, following and in support of the US and Europe who also put the same tariffs on China. 

Edited Monday at 07:20 PM by dwy000

[Sweet]

21 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

So tariffs for thee but not for me is the official Canadian position? 

China has been engaged in some of the most unfair and discriminatory trade practices of any country in history over the last half century.  
 

From massive currency manipulation operated via a peg to the dollar, state run enterprises, dumping excess products such as steel into markets to wreck competitors, theft of IP, all while restricting access of their markets to western countries.  

 

Yet you want to ignore those obvious disparities so you can meme?

[Spooky]

28 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

So tariffs for thee but not for me is the official Canadian position? 

 

Look I'm trying not to get sucked back into this discussion. Canadians feel betrayed by the US - our economy is much more reliant on you than yours is on us. Blanket 25% tariffs on all goods to our largest trade partner will cause a sharp and severe recession. Trump has ripped up the USMCA that was renegotiated under his last term. What value is a trade agreement with the US if you will just turn around and throw away decades of work integrating our economies?

 

I am not a fan of us imposing tariffs but you comparing tarrifs on Chinese goods with what is happening between our two countries is just a false equivalence.

[Gregmal]

So much for the teeth behind that “we re gonna shut off your power” threat…

[dealraker]

The possible gains from tariffs are years out in the future.  The for certain pains from the tariffs are now.

 

I look for a couple jolts of significant economy and market declines even from this small descent in the last few days.  Might already be too late to stop it even with some changes; maybe so, maybe not.    

 

Most businesses will publicly lip service the gunna do it here thing and in the boardroom be whispering that the next boss will toss this stuff out the window, thus just lip it and skip it.

Edited 12 hours ago by dealraker