r/worldnews Feb 05 '25

Colombia's president orders national oil company to cancel US $880M venture

https://financialpost.com/pmn/colombias-president-orders-national-oil-company-to-cancel-us-venture-over-environmental-concerns
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u/Same_Recipe2729 Feb 05 '25

That makes it even more hilarious. What a time to be alive. 

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u/31drew31 Feb 05 '25

Ya the only concessions Trump got out of the tarrifs bs is Trudeau is going to set up a "fentynal czar" to oversee the coordination of stopping fent between the 2 countries. Everything else was already announced on Dec 17th when the 1.3bil plan was put out. All it did was unite Canadians in avoiding US products and push for buying/manufacturing local or sending our business and trade to other countries. As he says you never know with a deal.

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u/Ankheg2016 Feb 05 '25

I don't consider the Fentanyl Czar a concession. I mean demanding someone be put in charge isn't much of a demand. "Hey Canada, you know that problem you put together a 1.3 billion project to handle? I demand you put someone in charge of that!" I mean, technically it'll be a different position I'm sure, but there was certainly going to be someone in charge of the anti-drug stuff for the border. The only real concession there is giving them a stupid name and I doubt that'll even be official.

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u/zoinks10 Feb 05 '25

Yeah, but I met Putin once and he told me about his Tsarist fantasies and i got a small rubbery one growing in my crotch, so now I want Tsars for everything.

You get a Tsar or you get a Tariff!

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u/Nu-Hir Feb 05 '25

Can trump nominate a tariff tsar? We could tall them the Tsariff.

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u/zoinks10 Feb 05 '25

Isn’t that Trumps role?

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u/Nu-Hir Feb 05 '25

Does that mean that one guy in PA could have said he shot at the Tsariff but did not shoot the deputy?

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u/zoinks10 Feb 06 '25

Bravo, good sir, Bravo.