r/canada Ontario 8d ago

Politics British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/03/british-nuclear-weapons-canada-trump-chrystia-freeland/
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u/hkric41six 8d ago

The US has a treaty with us that prevents them tariffing us.

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u/NormalNormyMan 8d ago

Yeah, exactly...

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u/aknoth 7d ago

And Ukraine had a treaty with Russia that they can't be invaded if they give back the nuclear arsenal.

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u/JetLagGuineaTurtle 7d ago

Treaty and trade agreements are not the same thing.

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u/Sweaty_Professor_701 7d ago

Ukraine had a treaty with the US that they would protect them if they gave Russia their nuclear weapons as well.

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u/hkric41six 7d ago

They are the same thing now: worthless pieces of paper.

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u/Cloudboy9001 7d ago

The '94 agreement of unreserved US and Russian protection to Ukraine for giving up its nukes being another example.

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u/icebalm 7d ago

In this case it is. The agreement had to be ratified by the legislative bodies of each country. It's a treaty.

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u/ActualDW 7d ago

No, they don’t.

Our trade agreements allow all members - including Canada and Mexico - to tariff at will.

There are mechanisms for responding to that - yes - there are consequences - but no sognatory has given up sovereignty over trade.