wirebeads@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 16 hours agoU.S. going ahead with tariffs on Canada and other countries - March 4thmessage-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareU.S. going ahead with tariffs on Canada and other countries - March 4thwirebeads@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-says-us-on-time-with-tariffs-against-canada-other-countries/
minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 hours agoIts gonna take a lot of time to make that happen structurally. But if we do it Canada will be a lot better off I suspect. Either way, theres gonna be some hard times ahead in the short to medium term.
minus-squarewirebeads@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoYes. Well unfortunately there will be hard times. The US is already seeing some of those hard times. Really Canada just needs to completely clock any sale of potash to the US. That would almost completely decimate their farming industry. Hit them where it hurts them the most. Don’t raise prices, just cut off cold turkey. Bring their agricultural to a stand still.
Its gonna take a lot of time to make that happen structurally. But if we do it Canada will be a lot better off I suspect. Either way, theres gonna be some hard times ahead in the short to medium term.
Yes. Well unfortunately there will be hard times. The US is already seeing some of those hard times.
Really Canada just needs to completely clock any sale of potash to the US. That would almost completely decimate their farming industry.
Hit them where it hurts them the most. Don’t raise prices, just cut off cold turkey. Bring their agricultural to a stand still.