Well, because you lost your point. Trump did start the whole thing with Canada because he wanted to stop the flow of fentanyl on the Canadian border to stop. His beef IS with CHINA. China is the one who put the labs in Canada. And youre definitely not selling us anything we don't already have. Everything you sell us, we can produce as well.
The US might be close to bankrupt but maybe its just your government not collecting enough taxes?
I'm seriously tired of the tax argument. ANYBODY in the US can manipulate their taxes to have a positive outcome for themselves. That's why we hire accountants.
What did we do when inflation hit and the aluminum panels went up because of inflation?
Canada has had tariffs on U.S.A.'s Dairy for years, depending on the product they vary, but generally are between 200% and 300%... what percentage of the Canadian dairy market do you suppose comes from the U.S.A.? likewise, what percentage of the U.S.A.'s dairy is sold to Canada
I believe it was pretty clear in my message. He has claimed Tariffs are paid by exporters as did his press secretary. Tariffs are paid by importers. To say otherwise is a lie or incorrect or false. I'm not sure how you could be confused by that. I also posted the videos of him saying that as well as his secretary.
Anecdotal instances of exporters willing to reduce their selling price doesn't really change anything. The consumer is paying a tariff that could otherwise have been a discount in a freer trade agreement. Competition among entities drives prices down. Tariffs drive prices up and reduce competition. The majority of Canadian exports is oil anyways and its a commodity that will otherwise be sold at the price other similar commodities will be sold at.
Again this is another lie being touted by Trump. 99.8% of fentanyl comes into the US through its coastal or southern borders. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/drug-seizure-statistics . The only reason Trump is paying lip service to this tall tail is the only way he can violate the free trade agreement he signed is under a national security exemption included in the agreement that allows any member nation of the agreement to set aside the agreed upon tariff rates. More Fentanyl comes into Canada from the US than the other way around.
Why would we be sending dairy to canada if they are sending dairy to us? Am I missing something?
The US doesn't need canadian oil. We are sitting on a crap ton of it.
Again another misconception. The US sits on large deposits of light oil. The US is the largest user of diesel in the world. To get an efficient split of diesel you need heavy oil which the US produces in extremely small quantities. US refineries in the mid west and the gulf coast are setup specifically to use heavy oil to achieve the diesel quantities required by the US. The US imports 4.5 million barrels per day of heavy Canadian crude. If the US didn't need it. They wouldn't import it. Canadian crude has replaced Mayan heavy from Mexico and Venezuelan heavy which used to be delivered to the gulf coast before Mexico's supply dried up and Venezuela was run into the ground by communists. Canada has much larger 3P reserves than the US. The US will be unable to add another 4 million in production and even if it did, it would be exporting light oil because it needs heavy to get enough diesel for its industrial base.
That's a report highlighting Canada's excellent police services that crack down on fentanyl traffickers. It doesn't say anything about exporting fentanyl to the USA because that is something that pretty much just doesn't happen. In fact if you read the link you supplied you would read "
not a misconception at all. We definitely have different crud oil. HOWEVER, we do sell it to other countries. It's not like we can't use what we are sitting on. your argument is silly.
did you look at the date compared to your date?
apnews.com
do you HONESTLY think that the canadians would admit theres a drug trafficking problem across the border?
It's not silly its well founded as I worked in oil and gas for ten years. Feel free to try to disprove me with something substantial besides "silly" but I am an expert in oil and gas. US is 11th in oil reserves (https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-reserves-by-country/). You need more than what you're sitting on as evidenced by the fact you are importing 4 million barrels per day of it. US production has increased dramatically since the advent of multi stage fracturing in tight oil formations but those formations only have light oil and gas in them. That's why the US to this day and for the next 20 years will be importing all the heavy oil they can get their hands on because they can't get it locally and they need it for their refineries.
I provided the real time results of your border patrols seizures so there isn't a date. Its a database that is continuously updated by your government.did you look at the date compared to your date?
There's also these articles.
Canadian Police Say They Dismantled Country’s Largest Drug Lab
Federal officers in British Columbia seized drugs and chemical precursors that could produce about 96 million opioid doses, the authorities said.www.nytimes.com
Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime
Canadian police dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “super lab” in the country.
If there was a problem there would be evidence of it. For which there is not. All evidence points to the southern border and the ports as 99.8% of seizures happen there.