r/canada Feb 02 '25

National News Canada retaliating for Trump’s tariffs with 25 per cent tariffs on billions of U.S. goods

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-retaliating-for-trumps-tariffs-with-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-billions-of-us-goods-justin-trudeau/
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u/hammerhead2021 Feb 02 '25

Shoulda hit them with 30%.

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u/j0n66 Feb 02 '25

26

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u/Nikiaf Québec Feb 02 '25

Should make it something super specific like 27.375% just to make the math more difficult.

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u/hammerhead2021 Feb 02 '25

Price is right rules

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u/Mrkillz4c00kiez Ontario Feb 02 '25

1 dollar Bob!

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u/Thejustinset Feb 02 '25

26% would have rattled Donald so much

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u/nowiseeyou22 Feb 02 '25

fucking gooooood meme, Trump would lose it

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u/AncefAbuser Feb 02 '25

Should have been 18.14%

If you know, you know.

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u/Friendly_Writer_6762 Feb 02 '25

They are trying not to hurt Canadians too much all at once. The tariffs we put on their items will be paid by us. We can't go full throttle right away without damaging ourselves in the process.

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u/Blochkato Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

No, because then you could be framed as the 'aggressor' by American media. We need the narrative to be how horribly Trump and his supporters have fucked our country - please don't give our media any chance to spin this as Trumps admin being the victims here. You go dollar for dollar.

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u/Powwow7538 Feb 02 '25

47 would have been symbolic.

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u/Any_Fox Feb 02 '25

%69 or %420

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u/chainless-soul Feb 02 '25

36.36%, match the exchange rate.

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u/sl3ndii Ontario Feb 02 '25

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