“He has also threatened 100 per cent tariffs on Canada if it pursues free trade with China, something Carney has said is not happening.”
He also said the below on Jan 15th of this year before his handlers could correct him. What a bunch of dillweeds
“Well, that’s OK, that’s what you should be doing. I mean, it’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that, right?”
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> “If Canada, for example, came to the United States and said, ‘We’re going to zero tariffs on the United States, all of them are off on our end,’ would you [and the] president go to zero tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?” Kennedy asked.
>“Absolutely not,” Bessent replied. “We saw two weeks ago when Prime Minister Carney went to China, he lowered tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100 per cent to six per cent. The U.S. has 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs. We couldn’t let our northern border be used as a way for Chinese EVs to come into the U.S.”
I get the EV tariff that US imposes. Of course they don’t want cheap EVs to flow into US market if US also drops the EV tariff. But that tariff is against China….the question is tariff between Canada and US….why is he dodging the main point here?
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What a great negotiating position, I’m sure that Canada will be willing to come to the table after U.S. leadership moons them for the upteenth time.
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“He has also threatened 100 per cent tariffs on Canada if it pursues free trade with China, something Carney has said is not happening.”
He also said the below on Jan 15th of this year before his handlers could correct him. What a bunch of dillweeds
“Well, that’s OK, that’s what you should be doing. I mean, it’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that, right?”
> “If Canada, for example, came to the United States and said, ‘We’re going to zero tariffs on the United States, all of them are off on our end,’ would you [and the] president go to zero tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?” Kennedy asked.
>“Absolutely not,” Bessent replied. “We saw two weeks ago when Prime Minister Carney went to China, he lowered tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100 per cent to six per cent. The U.S. has 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs. We couldn’t let our northern border be used as a way for Chinese EVs to come into the U.S.”
I get the EV tariff that US imposes. Of course they don’t want cheap EVs to flow into US market if US also drops the EV tariff. But that tariff is against China….the question is tariff between Canada and US….why is he dodging the main point here?
What a great negotiating position, I’m sure that Canada will be willing to come to the table after U.S. leadership moons them for the upteenth time.
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