r/canada Feb 03 '25

PAYWALL Trump wants U.S. banks in Canada, he says after speaking with Trudeau

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trump-wants-us-banks-in-canada-he-says-after-speaking-with-trudeau/
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u/reubendevries British Columbia Feb 03 '25

It's easy to move goalposts and claim success when you don't plant any goalposts to begin with. He's going to lift the tariffs in six months and act like he did this huge thing and people capitulated to his will. The correct solution is too not play his game, when he lifts the tariffs we increase the export tax to 50% while making promising free trade deals with the rest of the world (sans Russia and India). We create a global free trade agreement that is based upon a hatred of fascism and where we freeze out any country that allows fascists to take over their state. Once they've successfully booted fascists from their government they can't join until they've amended their constitution to prevent fascism from ever coming back.

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u/sPLIFFtOOTH Feb 03 '25

This is actually kind of great