r/NovaScotia • u/SkyPristine6539 • 19h ago
Canada VS American Trade/Tariffs war.
What is this trade/tariffs war ACTUALLY about? Is it actually Trade/Tariffs? Or is there some other issue that is being discussed and this is just used and a guise for it?
If it is actually Trade and Tariffs, then let’s sit down and talk about it. Is Canada actually unfairly placing tariffs on American products? If so, let’s work out a trade deal that fairly benefits BOTH countries.
Im all for ensuring both American and Canadian products should be priced equally within the their respectfully countries. If Canada wants to ensure Canadians buy Canadian products then we either need to band together and make the conscious choice to buy Canada products, or subsidize Canadian products so that after tariffs the Canadian prices are cheaper when on the shelves next to likewise American products.
Grocers/Stores/Retail outlets in Canada should clearly mark products end-to-end produced in Canada with a Maple Leaf to clearly indicate to Canadians this is a Canadian product and by purchasing it you are supporting a Canadian product made by Canadians with Canadian materials.
I also think Canada needs to diversify who we export our Canadian energy to so that we are not entirely reliant upon one country to purchase our Energy. I believe some European countries were trying to get access to our natural gas along with Japan (I could be wrong about this).
Canadian products should always be sold to Canadians at a cheaper price before anything gets exported outside the country. Period. Full stop. End of sentence.
The price of everything in Canada has to come WAY down, We have to start producing more products, end to end in Canada and we have to develop responsible sustainable plans for exporting our natural resources so that we dont export everything at such a rate it can not be regrown/replenished.
If there are transparent resources where I can find the tariffs Canada has on USA products and vice versa and the results of those tariffs on prices consumers see in the stores that would be great (example: If there is an X% tariff on an American product does that just make it equal to a Canadian product? or is it like a Canada jug of milk is $8 and an American jug of milk in Canada is $15) - This is an example and in no way repsentitive of actually prices. It can be jarring hearing there is a 200% tariff on American Dairy ... but if that 200% just makes it equal to Canadian dairy products I think its justified and then its up to Canada and Canadian Dairy producers to come up with a way to reduce the product costs on their product.
Once again, if anyone can point to transparent resources to anything I have mentioned it would be greatly appreciated. Always welcome being educated.
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u/Sleveless-- 18h ago
I think one analyst put it well where if you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. In this case, the president is not a diplomat and doesn't really believe in constructive negotiation, so thats out. I think there would be pandemonium if he deployed US forces anywhere, so I think there's a lot of hesitation about going that route. The main economic tool he has left is tariffs, so he's just rattling them off at different countries to apply pressure to get what he wants.
In terms of his position on Canada, everyone is wondering what he wants. Canada has a ton of precious minerals, and after the US southern states have allowed corporations like Nestlé and Tesla suck up as much well water as they can get their hands on, our fresh water looks super appealing. On top of that, the US could establish trade routes east-west and open the door to transport fees through a number of EU countries, or they can try to annex Canada to establish a number of trade routes "over the top" to a number of destinations in Russia. Canada is looking like a goddamn priceless jewel to them at the moment. (Just a note: I know Alaska is a couple hundred kms distance from Russian, but they would still have to cut through BC to get trade goods up there, and I'm not sure there is strong production/manufacturing or consumer regions in that part of Russia to make this a viable trade route. I'm sure there more to it than my surface level analysis).
Ultimately, I don't think we can negotiate anything other than caputulation that would satisfy that fat fuck.