“Canada – USA Tariff Wars”

Reflecting on the political excitement over tariffs these past couple of weeks might lead one to conclude that someone holding the monkey’s paw had wished to see Canada reverse its Trudeau-era experiment with post-nationalism. We are witnessing a remarkable irruption of impassioned national sentiment in a formerly staid country.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, of course. Indeed, having a modicum of national pride is prerequisite to a country’s ongoing existence, and it was deeply foolish of Canada’s elites to make self-abasement a basic feature of our political rhetoric over the past decade.

As satisfying as it is to be “Elbows Up” against U.S. President Donald Trump in the current Canada-U.S. trade war, it might be a tad counterproductive.

As I have written before, it might be more effective to break our dependence on trade with America by building pipelines west and east to get our oil and natural gas to European and Asian markets. It would also be a tremendous boost if provinces reduced internal barriers to trade.

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.

I’d like to offer an update on the Canadian-American trade spat.

“This is my piece on President Trump’s five new proclamations signed this week, which should end any illusion in Ottawa that this trade fight is a negotiation among equals.

As the White House notes, “President Trump is taking decisive and appropriate action to respond to Canada’s additional retaliation and continued discriminatory treatment of crucial American exports.”

This means that as of September 29, Canadian beer, wine, spirits, whey, molasses, and heavyweight motorcycles will not merely be taxed at the American border. Under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, they will be banned.

h/t handy n handsome, pic by reader DA

President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade fight with Canada and downplayed the prospect of quitting a continental trade pact, in a potential sign of de-escalating tensions between the two countries.

Trump was asked Saturday whether he intended to have the US leave the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin.

“We’re doing great. We’re going to have a great relationship with Mexico. We actually have a good one with Canada,” Trump said.

Canadians are well aware of the damage U.S. President Donald Trump has inflicted on this country by signing off on tariffs targeting about $27.6 billion in Canadian products.

But thanks to his unsuccessful management of the Iran war, Trump’s other hand is effectively writing cheques to the Canadian economy, drawing on funds paid by U.S. consumers at the gas pump.

In fact, the extra money now flowing into Canadian coffers — for context, Canada supplied the U.S. with more than 60 per cent of its crude oil imports last year — will go a long way to making up tariff losses, and could end up more than compensating for them.

Like many Canadians, Tom Reid isn’t crossing the US-Canada border as often these days. But he needed a haircut.

The woman who cuts his hair lives in International Falls, Minnesota – her “sister is married to my wife’s cousin”, he explained – and so Reid, whose duty free shop in Fort Frances, Ontario, has to travel to her.

That’s how it goes for the residents of the two towns, divided by the Rainy River and an international border. They’re longtime friends and, in many cases, family. People cross the border frequently to shop, dine, go bowling, take their kids to sports and visit each other.

If nothing else, the trade war President Trump started against Canada last year feels relentless.

Below, you can find all of our trade articles from the past week — and there are a number of them. But let’s recap what’s transpired and look at where all of this may be headed.

A handful of U.S. states with some of the most competitive congressional races in the country are caught in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

While the average American may not feel the tariffs — all told, they affect just 6 percent of $715 billion in annual cross-border trade — key industries in Maine, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania are likely to feel the added costs.