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“Their objective is not to replace #freetrade with managed #trade. It is to use #tariffs as a weapon to advance their broader #foreignpolicy objectives – namely, hemispheric #domination.” www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/24ca038... 🎁🔗

The U.S. isn’t negotiating tra...

Free trade is good. Unilateral #FreeTrade can be good. But this goes beyond #economics. In global affairs, countries need to take actions to show they won't let themselves be pushed around by other countries, even if such actions cause even more pain to themselves than to the bullies.

That said, we should seek measures that cause pain for the bully at min cost (or even benefit) to us; that was one of the reasons replacing bourbon by Canadian whisky is a good retaliation.

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#CanPol #cdnpoli

It's a very, very rare day when I can agree with #PierrePoilievre but I'm afraid he's on to something here.
#Carney #Cusma #Tarrifs #Freetrade
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-letter-to-carney-u-s-trade-tariff-talks-9.7301078

Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 : "DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events" | nitter
https://nitter.net/JosephPolitano/status/2084615903136641067#m

Good for them. Hopefully some will become familiar with arguments in favour of #FreeTrade beyond reflexive opposition to Pres. Trump — though reflexive opposition to him is not a bad place to start.

#uspol

"I don't believe - anywhere - in the trickle-down theory. But I do with Free Trade, because it does trickle down. Because all the businesses that you can get a hold of, who can trade with the new partner ... What's wrong with trading with India, and China, and everybody else? "

#TauHenare, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SD0wtmOLaU

Where do I start with this? It's the same inane waffle Business Idiots were trotting out in defence of corporate globalization in the 1990s.

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#FreeTrade #TrickleDown

Toronto Star: #U.S. President Donald #Trump says he is not inclined to renew the #Canada-U.S.-MexicoAgreement on #freetrade that he signed in 2020.

I Love Israel: Israel And The Philippines To Explore Partnership On AI And Critical Minerals As Free Trade Talks Begin

As free trade talks between the Philippines and Israel have started, the two nations intend to collaborate with each other on artificial intelligence (AI) and critical mineral processing, according to a news report by GMA News.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of GMA News. Some parts in boldface.

The Philippines and Israel are working to strengthen collaboration in critical mineral processing and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the two countries’ broader efforts to deepen economic and technological cooperation.

In a public briefing, Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Dana Kursh said Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Cristina Roque and Israel Minister of Economy Nir Barkat began talks of a free trade agreement.

“They declared together that starting negotiating on having a free trade agreement. So this ecosystem with the overall strategic plan of having a free trade agreement and specific MOUs (memorandum of understanding) when it comes to minerals and other AI solutions and alongside cybersecurity,” Kursh said.

She did not further elaborate on the details, as negotiations are still ongoing, but assured that updates would be provided in June.

Kursh also said minerals like nickel and bronze could be beneficial in the construction of the 4,000-acre industrial hub in the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) that the Philippines and the United States plan to build.

“These are critical minerals that can be used [in the Pax Silica initiative],” the ambassador said.

“AI and other solutions are not just buzzwords. They are real opportunities that we have to seize and we have to seize them together,” she added.

The LEC is expected to be the first of its kind, serving as a new model for AI-native investment hubs under the Pax Silica initiative, a US-led effort to build a network of allied supply chains for critical technologies and minerals.

The fact sheet cited the Philippines’ significant reserves of nickel, copper, chromite, and cobalt, vital to global supply chains.

To all my readers, I encourage you to pray to the Lord for further collaboration between Israel and the Philippines so that people of both nations can benefit greatly with one another economically. AI solutions and critical mineral processing have great potential that the two nations can benefit from.

At the same time, I encourage you all to realize the truth that Israel is the land God designated specifically for the Jewish people (read Genesis 35:10-12) and His command must be followed without hesitation. If you want to be blessed further by the Lord, do so by loving and blessing the Jewish people (Genesis 12:1-3). I did my part when I was in Israel. Also, let me remind you all that the ties between the Jews and Christians are truly biblical!

I encourage you all to pray to the Lord God in support of Israel, to love and bless the Jewish people, and pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

If you truly believe in Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God the Heavenly Father wholeheartedly and you continue to be faithful, you should be aware that Christians are meant to stand united with Israel and love the Jewish people no matter what. You can do your part supporting Israel by donating to Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Do not forget to read the Holy Bible, then pray in tongues to the Lord in the privacy of your room with the door shut.

Always be the fearless and aggressive church of Lord Jesus!

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It is an axiom that you get less of what you tax. Tariffs (really a kind of excise tax) are a textbook example of the United States getting less of what it taxes, namely raw materials from abroad ... and rubber.

https://reason.com/2026/05/15/a-north-carolina-goodyear-plant-is-the-latest-victim-of-trumps-misguided-tariffs-and-costly-iran-war/

#DonaldTrump #economics #freeMarkets #freeTrade #NorthCarolina #tariffs #taxation #Thailand #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics

Trump ‘little weakened’ by Iran going into talks with China

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Gautam Bambawale, Former Indian Ambassador…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AppleInc #breakingnews #businessnews #China #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Freetrade #India #Iran #Neutral #NVIDIACorp #USDollar/IndianRupeeFXSpotRate #War #XiJinping
https://www.newsbeep.com/537814/

At the Copenhagen #Democracy Summit, Chairman and former Danish PM & NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has unveiled a new Democracies-7 coalition concept, putting forward Canadian PM Mark Carney as its inaugural chairman. Its goal is to unite middle powers in a rules-based order, with enough financial clout to stand up to global hegemons.

https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/files/138/d7-formatted_1778445542.pdf

#FreeTrade #Defence #Coalition #Australia #Canada #EU #Japan #NewZealand #SouthKorea #UK #Brazil #India #Norway

Nowhere in this post are the United-States.

So much winning for MAGA cultists.

It is as if a new world is taking shape.

#Trump #Canada #Mercosur #FreeTrade

Malaysia investments Iran war capital reallocations: Trade Minister

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Chairman of…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations #breakingnews #businessnews #Crudeoilmarkets #EmergingMarkets #Freetrade #Iran #Malaysia #Malaysiagovernment #Neutral
https://www.newsbeep.com/497144/

Free trade, competition and small govt

'Legislative history reveals the Act was the outcome of powerful legislators protecting their shipping interests at the expense of three colonized territories denied a vote in the Congress that passed it. At a moment when tariffs have returned to the center of American political debate, revisiting the Act’s history reminds us that some tariffs never left'

#politicalEconomy #usPol #freeTrade

https://lpeproject.org/blog/a-century-of-colonial-tariffs/