U.S. demanding concessions from Canada before trade talks, sources say
Canada already gave it in last time they talked (end of tech tax, retaliatory tariffs, ...). I wonder what they want now, and if Carney will go above and beyond for Trump again (as in he could easily have bound the concessions with the continuity of the negotiations).
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Canada reps should show up 3 hours late and piss on the table.
The US president already shits himself on live TV, so he's already got us beat there.
gotta set the tone.
Now I'm picturing Mark Carney showing up rapping.
I don't understand why anyone would sign an agreement with this guy. He goes back on his word every day, he has no credibility.
Not only do they not keep their word, they use fake negotiations as a deceptive tactic and then kill the opposing negotiators. Not that I expect them to do that to Canada, but there’s no such thing as good faith negotiations from them.
Yup they are a gangster regime.
How about go fuck your self instead?
fuck em then, no talks
Go pound sand yankee doodle
Fucking Americans man...
as opposed to who?
The USA aggressively does not want a fair trade deal, and even if they signed one, they would just ignore it.
Oh fucking please. An actual economist versus a TeeVee Journalist.
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Carney has been doing an amazing job. Something is wrong with you if you can't see that.
I completely agree.
I completely disagree. This is a democracy. You're allowed to not like the Prime Minister. That doesn't mean that something's wrong with you
But he made that nice speech that one time!!1!
Concede us nothing, Canada. Then make your own demands for concessions. The boycotts are working, don't give up now.
Canada should close the St. Lawrence to US traffic
could we, like, impose a toll?
Mark should signal through admin staff that he's cancelling his travel plans and call it a day. He has better things to worry about, and when the yanks' federal rep has a better attitude they can just rebook.
This iteration of North American trade talks are going like the equivalent of some ticket sales page where there's a constant upsell for nothing in return.
Mark Carney just has to click "Skip", "Skip", "Skip", "Skip" ad infinitum...
Oh, TACO Tuesday is coming!
As far as I can determine the Canadian government would be just fine letting the agreement as is continue, so, uh.....No.
PS. Kiss my ass.
Just keep kicking the can down the road until mid terms and they impeach Trump.
Watch Carney fail the walk again after saying the right words…
Yeah, I feel for his words many times now. He does something bad, then a press conference with all his charms, here comes another bad thing, another press... rinse and repeat.
The digital services tax was expected to bring $2B USD. He dropped it, alleging help in the negotiations without any fallback plan. At that moment, I realized he was using those excuses as an opportunity to pass his agendas, as in, dropping those taxes were his plans all along. It is easy to pass unpopular decisions when he has a scapegoat like Trump.