#tradewar — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tradewar, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/673248/ The Netherlands takes its gold out of the U.S. | About That – youtube.com #AboutThat #AndrewChang #bank #BreakingNews #Business #CBC #CBCNews #DonaldTrump #Economy #Éire #GoldBars #IE #Ireland #Money #News #TradeWar #UnitedStates
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Trump Threatens to Halt Trade Unless Fed Cuts Rates
President demands rate cuts or he will stop trading with countries that run surpluses with the US, escalating pressure on monetary policy.
https://pulseofnations.lol/trump-threatens-to-halt/
#Economics #FedRates #InterestRates #JobsReport #RateCuts #TradeWar #Trump #WallStreet
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Trump Threatens to Halt Trade Unless Fed Cuts Rates
President demands rate cuts or he will stop trading with countries that run surpluses with the US, escalating pressure on monetary policy.
https://pulseofnations.lol/trump-threatens-to-halt/
#Economics #FedRates #InterestRates #JobsReport #RateCuts #TradeWar #Trump #WallStreet
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Wow. Canada didn't even need the nuclear trade option - it appears trump might do it himself.
this means, if he's true to his word, no energy, no potash, no steal, no aluminium, no car parts, no toilet paper, and no more anything from Canada
And yes, this would hit Canada hard as well.
so incoming eventual TACO?
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/671907/ From street names to supply chains, Canadians pull away from US #Boycott #Canada #Canadians #dcc #DonaldTrump #Éire #IE #Ireland #LeeNational #MarkCarney #Mobile #Patriotism #tariffs #Technology #Tourism #TradeWar
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The C$4.7B is the largest investment in #ViaRail history. For the 1st time in 40 yrs Via’s 313 new passenger cars will be built entirely on #Canada 's soil. Roughly 700 #jobs across Ontario & Quebec. Ottawa figures north of C$1.6B in economic spinoff.
Here is the part that matters, the part that made America’s Rapist-in-Chief snap like a child with Dementia.
Those cars used to be built in the USA.
Not anymore.
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-king-carney-just-yanked #tariffs #US #TradeWar
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Canada ready for a trade deal with US that benefits both, Carney says | Trade War News
Carney says Canada is ready for a deal that benefits both Canadian and US businesses and workers. Published…
#Canada #MarkCarney #BusinessandEconomy #donaldtrump #economy #InternationalTrade #manufacturing #news #TradeWar #US&Canada
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Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News https://www.byteseu.com/2333803/ #BusinessAndEconomy #Conflict #economy #Europe #Explainer #FinancialMarkets #InternationalTrade #Netherlands #News #Politics #TradeWar
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Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News
The Netherlands has moved billions of dollars of its gold reserves out of the United States and Canada,…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #BusinessandEconomy #Conflict #Economy #Explainer #financialmarkets #InternationalTrade #Netherlands #News #Politics #Tradewar #UnitedKingdom
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Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News
The Netherlands has moved billions of dollars of its gold reserves out of the United States and Canada,…
#Economy #BusinessandEconomy #conflict #EconomyofEU #EconomyoftheEU #EUeconomy #Europe #Explainer #financialmarkets #internationaltrade #netherlands #News #Politics #tradewar
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Ottawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger cars – CTV News
Ottawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger cars CTV NewsFeds announce $4.7B for new VIA Rail cars…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Business #CA #Canada #Carney #Economy #Manufacturing #national #ontario #tariffs #ThunderBay #Tradewar #Trump
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/116937/ Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News #BusinessAndEconomy #Conflict #Economy #Europe #Explainer #FinancialMarkets #InternationalTrade #Netherlands #News #Politics #TradeWar #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Via Rail getting funding boost from Canadian government
THUNDER BAY — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $4.7 billion contract to build 313 new passenger cars…
#Canada #MarkCarney #Business #Carney #economy #manufacturing #National #ontario #Tariffs #ThunderBay #TradeWar #Trump
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Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News
The Netherlands has moved billions of dollars of its gold reserves out of the United States and Canada,…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #BusinessandEconomy #Conflict #economy #europe #explainer #FinancialMarkets #InternationalTrade #News #Politics #TradeWar
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@CanadianPolling/117197853940406056
There is no enemy like a friend betrayed. That is the feeling in Canada right now toward the USA and especially Donald Trump.
Pollara poll of August 27 2026 reported by @CanadianPolling
“Feelings towards Donald Trump”
Angry/Frustrated: 82%
Excited/Comfortable: 7%#CanPoli #CdnPoli #TheAmericanFascist #TradeWar #Never51 #Sovereignty
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“The federal government will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 Via Rail passenger rail cars in Canada, using facilities in Quebec and Thunder Bay, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Thursday.
“At a news conference in the northwestern Ontario city, Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing trains from south of the border.
“For too long, we bought from abroad what we were more than capable of building right here at home. We’re bringing that work back, and we’re turbocharging it,” Mr. Carney said in prepared remarks.
In July, the Prime Minister announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal.
The new trains announced Thursday will serve Via Rail’s long-distance and remote routes.” -
“The federal government will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 Via Rail passenger rail cars in Canada, using facilities in Quebec and Thunder Bay, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Thursday.
“At a news conference in the northwestern Ontario city, Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing trains from south of the border.
“For too long, we bought from abroad what we were more than capable of building right here at home. We’re bringing that work back, and we’re turbocharging it,” Mr. Carney said in prepared remarks.
In July, the Prime Minister announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal.
The new trains announced Thursday will serve Via Rail’s long-distance and remote routes.” -
“The federal government will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 Via Rail passenger rail cars in Canada, using facilities in Quebec and Thunder Bay, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Thursday.
“At a news conference in the northwestern Ontario city, Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing trains from south of the border.
“For too long, we bought from abroad what we were more than capable of building right here at home. We’re bringing that work back, and we’re turbocharging it,” Mr. Carney said in prepared remarks.
In July, the Prime Minister announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal.
The new trains announced Thursday will serve Via Rail’s long-distance and remote routes.” -
“The federal government will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 Via Rail passenger rail cars in Canada, using facilities in Quebec and Thunder Bay, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Thursday.
“At a news conference in the northwestern Ontario city, Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing trains from south of the border.
“For too long, we bought from abroad what we were more than capable of building right here at home. We’re bringing that work back, and we’re turbocharging it,” Mr. Carney said in prepared remarks.
In July, the Prime Minister announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal.
The new trains announced Thursday will serve Via Rail’s long-distance and remote routes.” -
“The federal government will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 Via Rail passenger rail cars in Canada, using facilities in Quebec and Thunder Bay, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Thursday.
“At a news conference in the northwestern Ontario city, Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing trains from south of the border.
“For too long, we bought from abroad what we were more than capable of building right here at home. We’re bringing that work back, and we’re turbocharging it,” Mr. Carney said in prepared remarks.
In July, the Prime Minister announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal.
The new trains announced Thursday will serve Via Rail’s long-distance and remote routes.” -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1184275/ Why has the Netherlands moved $10bn of its gold from the US? | Business and Economy News #Business #BusinessAndEconomy #Conflict #Economy #Europe #Explainer #FinancialMarkets #InternationalTrade #Netherlands #News #Politics #TradeWar #UK #UnitedKingdom
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#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Canada #UnitedStates #CadetYouthProgramme #Defence #Defense #Canadian #USA #Maga #America #Trump #Military #News #USPol #SocialMedia #Media #Politics #TradeWar #Carney #MarkCarney Lol! So Pete Hegseth is mocking members of the Canadian cadet youth programme by making fun of their appearance in a social media post.
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#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Canada #UnitedStates #CadetYouthProgramme #Defence #Defense #Canadian #USA #Maga #America #Trump #Military #News #USPol #SocialMedia #Media #Politics #TradeWar #Carney #MarkCarney Lol! So Pete Hegseth is mocking members of the Canadian cadet youth programme by making fun of their appearance in a social media post.
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#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Canada #UnitedStates #CadetYouthProgramme #Defence #Defense #Canadian #USA #Maga #America #Trump #Military #News #USPol #SocialMedia #Media #Politics #TradeWar #Carney #MarkCarney Lol! So Pete Hegseth is mocking members of the Canadian cadet youth programme by making fun of their appearance in a social media post.
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#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Canada #UnitedStates #CadetYouthProgramme #Defence #Defense #Canadian #USA #Maga #America #Trump #Military #News #USPol #SocialMedia #Media #Politics #TradeWar #Carney #MarkCarney Lol! So Pete Hegseth is mocking members of the Canadian cadet youth programme by making fun of their appearance in a social media post.
We’ll let these ridiculous pictures do the talking… -
#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Canada #UnitedStates #CadetYouthProgramme #Defence #Defense #Canadian #USA #Maga #America #Trump #Military #News #USPol #SocialMedia #Media #Politics #TradeWar #Carney #MarkCarney Lol! So Pete Hegseth is mocking members of the Canadian cadet youth programme by making fun of their appearance in a social media post.
We’ll let these ridiculous pictures do the talking… -
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Trump’s #TradeWar with #Canada is wildly unpopular. "#LakeAmerica, too. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/most-americans-don-t-want-a-trade-war-with-canada-poll-shows-14-percent-support-lake-america-renaming/ar-AA2bpdDm
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Mapquest is suddenly the most popular iPhone app in the USA after Google map changed Lake Ontario’s name to acquiesce to the US fascist in chief.
Mapquest refused to make the change and people are appreciating it.
Thank you Americans!! Appreciate the Solidarity ✊http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx-hJj8Zn9Rm-zYwfMak8fF_W83kLXbeLk
#greatLakes #LakeOntario #Ontario #Canada #USA #TradeWar #Map
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US to push economic pressure on Iran at G20 finance talks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will make direct appeals to G20 finance ministers to comply with US sanctions…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #financeministers #g20 #G20leaders #Iran #JoshLipsky #PresidentDonaldTrump #ScottBessent #Tradewar #WarintheMiddleEast
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Canada walked away from a U.S. trade deal. What happens now?
#Canada #US #Trade #Politics #CanadaUSRelations #Tariffs #Economy #InternationalTrade #TradeWar #MarkCarney #BATNA #EconomicDiversification #Trump
https://the-14.com/canada-walked-away-from-a-u-s-trade-deal-what-happens-now/ -
From a CNN column debunking the orangutan's lies about Canada... well, debunking a few of his lies. Well, a few of his lies from Monday. Well, a few of his lies from a couple of Truth Social "truths" he made on Monday.
(I'll come in again.)
> There’s no doubt that the #Canadian economy is heavily reliant on the US, but there’s
> no apparent basis for Trump’s “95%” figure. In 2025, about 72% of Canadian
> merchandise exports went to the US – down from about 76% in 2024 and the
> lowest percentage since the early 1980s. Even 72% is a very large number, of
> course, but it’s far from the one Trump used. And the percentage fell below
> 70% in the first half of 2026.Get that?
In 2024, Canada's trade had 76% of our exports going to the USA.
Trump came to power again in January, 2025.
In 2025, Canada's trade had 72% of our #exports going to the USA.
In 2026 so far, less than 70% of Canada's exports went to the #USA. It will be lower by the end of the year.
Do you have any idea at just how bad things have to be, and just how much work has to be expended, to change the course of an #economy the size of Canada's in 18 months?
People - well, people in the USA, no one else thinks it - who think everything is going to go back to "normal" after the moron leaves office - are deluding themselves. This is a deliberate, determined, pricy-but-worth-it change from your neighbour to the north.
There's no going back.
#USPol #CanPol #TradeWar #tariff #Trump #moron #Canada #IYKYK
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How the French language contributed to the US-Canada trade war
The trade war between the United States and Canada has taken on the flavor of a culture war…
#Canada #MarkCarney #Americas #donaldtrump #Frenchlanguage #quebec #Tariffs #TradeWar #Usa
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Up here in #Canada, we're not a bunch of #assholes that won't keep our word. It's not like we'd do something as #stupid and #repugnant and self-destructive and immoral and unethical like demanding someone sign a deal with us, then immediately turn around and violate the terms of that deal, or #abrogate the deal entirely. What kind of #demented #goldfish-brained cognitively-impaired #drooling #moron would do that?
So if we've agreed to sell the US things, we're not going to just cut them off in violation of existing #treaties and #deals and #contracts. We're not like that.
But we don't want to be #boring, either. So we'll mix it up for anything destined for a Washington D.C. address. Every third package will contain a #surprise - angry wasp nest, unredacted box of #Trumpstein files, a loaded bear-trap, landmine, something along those lines.
If it turns out to be popular, we can expand the program to cover all the #MAGA states. It'll be fun!
#USPol #CanPol #idiot #Trump #MangoMussolini #TradeWar #honour #wasps #Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #PedoPresident #PedophilePresident #BearTrap #landmine
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RE: https://social.lol/@macmanx/117153346334188037
To my non-Canadian friends, this is a really worthwhile interview to get a broad understanding of the current situation, with enough specific examples that the lies being told by the Trump regime become easily spotted.
Good for Canadians too, of course, as we arm ourselves with facts that MAGA tries to hide.
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🚨 WHY CANADA WALKED AWAY: U.S. TRADE DEMANDS REACHED FAR BEYOND TARIFFS
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA — August 24, 2026 — The collapse of trade negotiations between the United States and Canada was not simply a dispute over whether a tariff should be 15%, 25% or 50%.
By the final hours of negotiations, the disagreement had expanded into something much bigger:
**Who gets to determine Canada’s trade policy, industrial strategy — and even protections for its French language and culture?**
Less than two days before negotiations collapsed, Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc emerged from talks in Washington saying:
**“We’re very close.”**
The two countries had made substantial progress.
Washington was considering major tariff relief for Canadian autos, steel and aluminum.
Canada was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs on key American products and encourage provinces to return U.S. alcohol to store shelves.
Then, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the United States introduced new terms.
Canada rejected them.
And the deal collapsed.
## THIS WASN’T JUST ABOUT CARS
Automobiles were one of the biggest economic disputes.
Canada wanted significantly lower U.S. tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles.
But the two sides disagreed over how much Canadian and other North American content inside those vehicles should qualify for favorable treatment.
That matters enormously because the U.S. and Canadian automotive industries do not operate as separate systems.
Parts routinely cross the border several times during production.
A transmission, battery component or other part may contain Canadian, American and Mexican content before the finished vehicle ever reaches a dealership.
But the dispute did not stop with automobiles.
## CANADA SAYS THE U.S. WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER ITS TRADE POLICY
One of the most consequential issues concerned Canada’s ability to pursue its own relationships with other countries.
Recent reporting indicates that U.S. demands would have constrained Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and pushed Ottawa toward greater alignment with Washington’s trade policies toward third countries.
That is particularly important because Carney is deliberately pursuing the opposite strategy.
Canada is trying to become **less dependent on the United States**.
Over the past year, Ottawa says it has signed more than 20 trade and security agreements across five continents.
Canada is expanding negotiations with India and ASEAN and plans deeper economic discussions with the European Union.
Carney says Canadian businesses already have tariff-free access to markets representing around **1.5 billion consumers** — and he wants to dramatically increase that number.
Accepting restrictions on Canada’s ability to negotiate independently with other countries would therefore strike directly at one of Carney’s central economic policies.
His government described maintaining Canada’s:
**“flexibility, independence, and sovereignty”**
as one of its core objectives in the U.S. negotiations.
And on that point, Canada refused to move.
## THEN CAME FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CANADIAN CULTURE
This is one of the least discussed — but perhaps most revealing — parts of the failed negotiations.
Carney says the United States also pressed Canada over protections involving:
**the French language and Canadian culture.**
And unlike some of the disputed details surrounding the negotiations, this comes directly from Carney himself.
In his official statement explaining why Canada abandoned the talks, Carney said:
**“We were not prepared to compromise on the protection of the French language and our culture.”**
Then he added something even more significant:
**“For my government and for Canada, these issues were never on the table, even though the United States tried until the very last minute.”**
The full text of the American proposal has not been made public.
That means it would be wrong to claim that Trump demanded Canada “abolish French-language protections” or end all Canadian cultural rules.
There is currently not enough public evidence to make such a specific claim.
But Canada’s prime minister has explicitly confirmed that Washington sought concessions concerning **French-language and cultural protections** — and that Ottawa refused.
For Canada, these are not minor commercial regulations.
French is one of the country’s two official languages.
Protection of Canadian and French-language media and culture has been embedded in Canadian policy for decades, particularly because Canada shares a massive media market with the United States.
For Ottawa, that made this a question of national identity as much as economics.
## CARNEY: “THEY ASKED TOO MUCH AND OFFERED TOO LITTLE”
Carney says that earlier in the week he believed a mutually beneficial agreement was within reach.
Then the American proposal changed.
According to the Canadian prime minister, the new terms were:
**“uneconomic, unfair”**
and undermined the benefits Canada expected to receive from the agreement.
His summary was unusually blunt:
**“They asked too much and offered too little.”**
Late Friday, Carney ordered Canadian negotiators to leave Washington and return to Ottawa.
The negotiations were suspended.
## BUT WASHINGTON DISPUTES CANADA’S VERSION
There are two sides to this breakdown.
The Trump administration says Canada — not the United States — prevented the agreement.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called the collapse:
**“a missed opportunity for Canada.”**
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that Washington had offered Canada what would have been the most favorable tariff treatment available to any major exporter to the United States.
According to the U.S. account, Canada then demanded additional concessions involving:
• steel and aluminum
• autos
• softwood lumber
• other strategic sectorsWashington therefore argues that **Canada moved the goalposts**.
Ottawa says exactly the opposite:
**The United States changed the conditions at the last minute.**
The actual final negotiating texts have not been publicly released, so some details cannot yet be independently resolved.
That distinction matters.
But what is no longer disputed is that negotiations which appeared close to completion on Thursday were dead by Friday night.
## THEN THE TARIFFS HIT
After the deal collapsed, the United States imposed **50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products**.
The affected goods represent only a portion of Canada's enormous export relationship with the United States, but some individual industries could suffer substantial damage.
Canada responded by promising **dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning September 8**, targeting sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.
Then Trump escalated again.
On Monday, he threatened to impose **50% tariffs on Canadian-made cars, trucks and auto parts beginning January 1, 2027**.
That measure has not yet taken effect.
But the threat dramatically raises the stakes.
## THIS IS BECOMING A FIGHT OVER SOVEREIGNTY
Trump has repeatedly argued that Canada benefits disproportionately from access to the American economy and that manufacturers can avoid tariffs by simply moving production into the United States.
Canada sees the situation very differently.
Carney says economic integration with the United States is increasingly being used as leverage to force Canadian concessions.
His response is now becoming a defining feature of Canadian economic policy:
**reduce dependence on America.**
Ottawa is looking toward Europe, India, ASEAN and other international markets while investing heavily in domestic industry, defense, energy and infrastructure.
Carney’s message is essentially that access to the U.S. market is enormously valuable — but not valuable enough to surrender Canada’s ability to determine its own policies.
And on Monday, the rhetoric escalated further.
Trump told Canada to **“fall in line.”**
Carney responded that Canada would negotiate with the United States as a sovereign equal — not as a subordinate.
## CIVICOHUB FACT CHECK
Did the U.S.–Canada negotiations collapse only because of tariffs?
**No.**
Tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and other products were major components of the negotiations, but Canada says the final disagreement extended into its broader economic sovereignty.
Did the United States demand that Canada completely stop trading with other countries?
**There is no public evidence supporting that broad claim.**
However, reporting indicates that Washington sought restrictions affecting Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and its trade policy toward third countries.
The complete American negotiating text has not been released.
Did French language protections really become part of the dispute?
**Yes.**
Carney explicitly stated that Canada refused to compromise on protections for the French language and Canadian culture and said the United States continued pressing the issue until the final stage of negotiations.
Did Canada refuse every compromise?
**No.**
Canada says it was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs in strategic sectors, encourage provinces to restore American alcohol sales and make administrative concessions involving supply management in exchange for substantial U.S. tariff reductions.
Did Washington think it was offering Canada a good deal?
**Yes.**
The Trump administration says its offer would have provided Canada with exceptionally favorable access to the American market and accuses Ottawa of demanding additional concessions.
## THE BOTTOM LINE
This trade deal did not collapse because the two countries never got close.
They did.
On Thursday:
**“We’re very close.”**
By Friday night:
**Negotiations were over.**
The final disagreement had expanded far beyond tariff percentages.
Autos mattered.
Steel mattered.
Aluminum mattered.
But so did something more fundamental:
**Canada’s right to decide its own trade relationships.**
**Canada’s right to protect its French language and culture.**
**And Canada’s unwillingness to exchange those powers for preferential access to the American market.**
Washington says Canada walked away from an exceptionally favorable offer.
Ottawa says Washington transformed a trade agreement into a demand for concessions Canada could not accept as a sovereign country.
Without the full negotiating documents, not every disputed detail can yet be independently verified.
But Carney has made Canada's red line unmistakably clear:
**Lower tariffs were negotiable.**
**Canadian sovereignty was not.**
Sources: Prime Minister of Canada, Reuters, Associated Press — August 20–24, 2026.
#news #Canada #UnitedStates #Trump #MarkCarney #Tariffs #TradeWar #USMCA #CanadaUS #Trade #FrenchLanguage #Sovereignty #Economy #Geopolitics #FactCheck
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🚨 WHY CANADA WALKED AWAY: U.S. TRADE DEMANDS REACHED FAR BEYOND TARIFFS
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA — August 24, 2026 — The collapse of trade negotiations between the United States and Canada was not simply a dispute over whether a tariff should be 15%, 25% or 50%.
By the final hours of negotiations, the disagreement had expanded into something much bigger:
**Who gets to determine Canada’s trade policy, industrial strategy — and even protections for its French language and culture?**
Less than two days before negotiations collapsed, Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc emerged from talks in Washington saying:
**“We’re very close.”**
The two countries had made substantial progress.
Washington was considering major tariff relief for Canadian autos, steel and aluminum.
Canada was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs on key American products and encourage provinces to return U.S. alcohol to store shelves.
Then, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the United States introduced new terms.
Canada rejected them.
And the deal collapsed.
## THIS WASN’T JUST ABOUT CARS
Automobiles were one of the biggest economic disputes.
Canada wanted significantly lower U.S. tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles.
But the two sides disagreed over how much Canadian and other North American content inside those vehicles should qualify for favorable treatment.
That matters enormously because the U.S. and Canadian automotive industries do not operate as separate systems.
Parts routinely cross the border several times during production.
A transmission, battery component or other part may contain Canadian, American and Mexican content before the finished vehicle ever reaches a dealership.
But the dispute did not stop with automobiles.
## CANADA SAYS THE U.S. WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER ITS TRADE POLICY
One of the most consequential issues concerned Canada’s ability to pursue its own relationships with other countries.
Recent reporting indicates that U.S. demands would have constrained Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and pushed Ottawa toward greater alignment with Washington’s trade policies toward third countries.
That is particularly important because Carney is deliberately pursuing the opposite strategy.
Canada is trying to become **less dependent on the United States**.
Over the past year, Ottawa says it has signed more than 20 trade and security agreements across five continents.
Canada is expanding negotiations with India and ASEAN and plans deeper economic discussions with the European Union.
Carney says Canadian businesses already have tariff-free access to markets representing around **1.5 billion consumers** — and he wants to dramatically increase that number.
Accepting restrictions on Canada’s ability to negotiate independently with other countries would therefore strike directly at one of Carney’s central economic policies.
His government described maintaining Canada’s:
**“flexibility, independence, and sovereignty”**
as one of its core objectives in the U.S. negotiations.
And on that point, Canada refused to move.
## THEN CAME FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CANADIAN CULTURE
This is one of the least discussed — but perhaps most revealing — parts of the failed negotiations.
Carney says the United States also pressed Canada over protections involving:
**the French language and Canadian culture.**
And unlike some of the disputed details surrounding the negotiations, this comes directly from Carney himself.
In his official statement explaining why Canada abandoned the talks, Carney said:
**“We were not prepared to compromise on the protection of the French language and our culture.”**
Then he added something even more significant:
**“For my government and for Canada, these issues were never on the table, even though the United States tried until the very last minute.”**
The full text of the American proposal has not been made public.
That means it would be wrong to claim that Trump demanded Canada “abolish French-language protections” or end all Canadian cultural rules.
There is currently not enough public evidence to make such a specific claim.
But Canada’s prime minister has explicitly confirmed that Washington sought concessions concerning **French-language and cultural protections** — and that Ottawa refused.
For Canada, these are not minor commercial regulations.
French is one of the country’s two official languages.
Protection of Canadian and French-language media and culture has been embedded in Canadian policy for decades, particularly because Canada shares a massive media market with the United States.
For Ottawa, that made this a question of national identity as much as economics.
## CARNEY: “THEY ASKED TOO MUCH AND OFFERED TOO LITTLE”
Carney says that earlier in the week he believed a mutually beneficial agreement was within reach.
Then the American proposal changed.
According to the Canadian prime minister, the new terms were:
**“uneconomic, unfair”**
and undermined the benefits Canada expected to receive from the agreement.
His summary was unusually blunt:
**“They asked too much and offered too little.”**
Late Friday, Carney ordered Canadian negotiators to leave Washington and return to Ottawa.
The negotiations were suspended.
## BUT WASHINGTON DISPUTES CANADA’S VERSION
There are two sides to this breakdown.
The Trump administration says Canada — not the United States — prevented the agreement.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called the collapse:
**“a missed opportunity for Canada.”**
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that Washington had offered Canada what would have been the most favorable tariff treatment available to any major exporter to the United States.
According to the U.S. account, Canada then demanded additional concessions involving:
• steel and aluminum
• autos
• softwood lumber
• other strategic sectorsWashington therefore argues that **Canada moved the goalposts**.
Ottawa says exactly the opposite:
**The United States changed the conditions at the last minute.**
The actual final negotiating texts have not been publicly released, so some details cannot yet be independently resolved.
That distinction matters.
But what is no longer disputed is that negotiations which appeared close to completion on Thursday were dead by Friday night.
## THEN THE TARIFFS HIT
After the deal collapsed, the United States imposed **50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products**.
The affected goods represent only a portion of Canada's enormous export relationship with the United States, but some individual industries could suffer substantial damage.
Canada responded by promising **dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning September 8**, targeting sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.
Then Trump escalated again.
On Monday, he threatened to impose **50% tariffs on Canadian-made cars, trucks and auto parts beginning January 1, 2027**.
That measure has not yet taken effect.
But the threat dramatically raises the stakes.
## THIS IS BECOMING A FIGHT OVER SOVEREIGNTY
Trump has repeatedly argued that Canada benefits disproportionately from access to the American economy and that manufacturers can avoid tariffs by simply moving production into the United States.
Canada sees the situation very differently.
Carney says economic integration with the United States is increasingly being used as leverage to force Canadian concessions.
His response is now becoming a defining feature of Canadian economic policy:
**reduce dependence on America.**
Ottawa is looking toward Europe, India, ASEAN and other international markets while investing heavily in domestic industry, defense, energy and infrastructure.
Carney’s message is essentially that access to the U.S. market is enormously valuable — but not valuable enough to surrender Canada’s ability to determine its own policies.
And on Monday, the rhetoric escalated further.
Trump told Canada to **“fall in line.”**
Carney responded that Canada would negotiate with the United States as a sovereign equal — not as a subordinate.
## CIVICOHUB FACT CHECK
Did the U.S.–Canada negotiations collapse only because of tariffs?
**No.**
Tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and other products were major components of the negotiations, but Canada says the final disagreement extended into its broader economic sovereignty.
Did the United States demand that Canada completely stop trading with other countries?
**There is no public evidence supporting that broad claim.**
However, reporting indicates that Washington sought restrictions affecting Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and its trade policy toward third countries.
The complete American negotiating text has not been released.
Did French language protections really become part of the dispute?
**Yes.**
Carney explicitly stated that Canada refused to compromise on protections for the French language and Canadian culture and said the United States continued pressing the issue until the final stage of negotiations.
Did Canada refuse every compromise?
**No.**
Canada says it was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs in strategic sectors, encourage provinces to restore American alcohol sales and make administrative concessions involving supply management in exchange for substantial U.S. tariff reductions.
Did Washington think it was offering Canada a good deal?
**Yes.**
The Trump administration says its offer would have provided Canada with exceptionally favorable access to the American market and accuses Ottawa of demanding additional concessions.
## THE BOTTOM LINE
This trade deal did not collapse because the two countries never got close.
They did.
On Thursday:
**“We’re very close.”**
By Friday night:
**Negotiations were over.**
The final disagreement had expanded far beyond tariff percentages.
Autos mattered.
Steel mattered.
Aluminum mattered.
But so did something more fundamental:
**Canada’s right to decide its own trade relationships.**
**Canada’s right to protect its French language and culture.**
**And Canada’s unwillingness to exchange those powers for preferential access to the American market.**
Washington says Canada walked away from an exceptionally favorable offer.
Ottawa says Washington transformed a trade agreement into a demand for concessions Canada could not accept as a sovereign country.
Without the full negotiating documents, not every disputed detail can yet be independently verified.
But Carney has made Canada's red line unmistakably clear:
**Lower tariffs were negotiable.**
**Canadian sovereignty was not.**
Sources: Prime Minister of Canada, Reuters, Associated Press — August 20–24, 2026.
#news #Canada #UnitedStates #Trump #MarkCarney #Tariffs #TradeWar #USMCA #CanadaUS #Trade #FrenchLanguage #Sovereignty #Economy #Geopolitics #FactCheck
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🚨 WHY CANADA WALKED AWAY: U.S. TRADE DEMANDS REACHED FAR BEYOND TARIFFS
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA — August 24, 2026 — The collapse of trade negotiations between the United States and Canada was not simply a dispute over whether a tariff should be 15%, 25% or 50%.
By the final hours of negotiations, the disagreement had expanded into something much bigger:
**Who gets to determine Canada’s trade policy, industrial strategy — and even protections for its French language and culture?**
Less than two days before negotiations collapsed, Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc emerged from talks in Washington saying:
**“We’re very close.”**
The two countries had made substantial progress.
Washington was considering major tariff relief for Canadian autos, steel and aluminum.
Canada was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs on key American products and encourage provinces to return U.S. alcohol to store shelves.
Then, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the United States introduced new terms.
Canada rejected them.
And the deal collapsed.
## THIS WASN’T JUST ABOUT CARS
Automobiles were one of the biggest economic disputes.
Canada wanted significantly lower U.S. tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles.
But the two sides disagreed over how much Canadian and other North American content inside those vehicles should qualify for favorable treatment.
That matters enormously because the U.S. and Canadian automotive industries do not operate as separate systems.
Parts routinely cross the border several times during production.
A transmission, battery component or other part may contain Canadian, American and Mexican content before the finished vehicle ever reaches a dealership.
But the dispute did not stop with automobiles.
## CANADA SAYS THE U.S. WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER ITS TRADE POLICY
One of the most consequential issues concerned Canada’s ability to pursue its own relationships with other countries.
Recent reporting indicates that U.S. demands would have constrained Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and pushed Ottawa toward greater alignment with Washington’s trade policies toward third countries.
That is particularly important because Carney is deliberately pursuing the opposite strategy.
Canada is trying to become **less dependent on the United States**.
Over the past year, Ottawa says it has signed more than 20 trade and security agreements across five continents.
Canada is expanding negotiations with India and ASEAN and plans deeper economic discussions with the European Union.
Carney says Canadian businesses already have tariff-free access to markets representing around **1.5 billion consumers** — and he wants to dramatically increase that number.
Accepting restrictions on Canada’s ability to negotiate independently with other countries would therefore strike directly at one of Carney’s central economic policies.
His government described maintaining Canada’s:
**“flexibility, independence, and sovereignty”**
as one of its core objectives in the U.S. negotiations.
And on that point, Canada refused to move.
## THEN CAME FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CANADIAN CULTURE
This is one of the least discussed — but perhaps most revealing — parts of the failed negotiations.
Carney says the United States also pressed Canada over protections involving:
**the French language and Canadian culture.**
And unlike some of the disputed details surrounding the negotiations, this comes directly from Carney himself.
In his official statement explaining why Canada abandoned the talks, Carney said:
**“We were not prepared to compromise on the protection of the French language and our culture.”**
Then he added something even more significant:
**“For my government and for Canada, these issues were never on the table, even though the United States tried until the very last minute.”**
The full text of the American proposal has not been made public.
That means it would be wrong to claim that Trump demanded Canada “abolish French-language protections” or end all Canadian cultural rules.
There is currently not enough public evidence to make such a specific claim.
But Canada’s prime minister has explicitly confirmed that Washington sought concessions concerning **French-language and cultural protections** — and that Ottawa refused.
For Canada, these are not minor commercial regulations.
French is one of the country’s two official languages.
Protection of Canadian and French-language media and culture has been embedded in Canadian policy for decades, particularly because Canada shares a massive media market with the United States.
For Ottawa, that made this a question of national identity as much as economics.
## CARNEY: “THEY ASKED TOO MUCH AND OFFERED TOO LITTLE”
Carney says that earlier in the week he believed a mutually beneficial agreement was within reach.
Then the American proposal changed.
According to the Canadian prime minister, the new terms were:
**“uneconomic, unfair”**
and undermined the benefits Canada expected to receive from the agreement.
His summary was unusually blunt:
**“They asked too much and offered too little.”**
Late Friday, Carney ordered Canadian negotiators to leave Washington and return to Ottawa.
The negotiations were suspended.
## BUT WASHINGTON DISPUTES CANADA’S VERSION
There are two sides to this breakdown.
The Trump administration says Canada — not the United States — prevented the agreement.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called the collapse:
**“a missed opportunity for Canada.”**
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that Washington had offered Canada what would have been the most favorable tariff treatment available to any major exporter to the United States.
According to the U.S. account, Canada then demanded additional concessions involving:
• steel and aluminum
• autos
• softwood lumber
• other strategic sectorsWashington therefore argues that **Canada moved the goalposts**.
Ottawa says exactly the opposite:
**The United States changed the conditions at the last minute.**
The actual final negotiating texts have not been publicly released, so some details cannot yet be independently resolved.
That distinction matters.
But what is no longer disputed is that negotiations which appeared close to completion on Thursday were dead by Friday night.
## THEN THE TARIFFS HIT
After the deal collapsed, the United States imposed **50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products**.
The affected goods represent only a portion of Canada's enormous export relationship with the United States, but some individual industries could suffer substantial damage.
Canada responded by promising **dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning September 8**, targeting sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.
Then Trump escalated again.
On Monday, he threatened to impose **50% tariffs on Canadian-made cars, trucks and auto parts beginning January 1, 2027**.
That measure has not yet taken effect.
But the threat dramatically raises the stakes.
## THIS IS BECOMING A FIGHT OVER SOVEREIGNTY
Trump has repeatedly argued that Canada benefits disproportionately from access to the American economy and that manufacturers can avoid tariffs by simply moving production into the United States.
Canada sees the situation very differently.
Carney says economic integration with the United States is increasingly being used as leverage to force Canadian concessions.
His response is now becoming a defining feature of Canadian economic policy:
**reduce dependence on America.**
Ottawa is looking toward Europe, India, ASEAN and other international markets while investing heavily in domestic industry, defense, energy and infrastructure.
Carney’s message is essentially that access to the U.S. market is enormously valuable — but not valuable enough to surrender Canada’s ability to determine its own policies.
And on Monday, the rhetoric escalated further.
Trump told Canada to **“fall in line.”**
Carney responded that Canada would negotiate with the United States as a sovereign equal — not as a subordinate.
## CIVICOHUB FACT CHECK
Did the U.S.–Canada negotiations collapse only because of tariffs?
**No.**
Tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and other products were major components of the negotiations, but Canada says the final disagreement extended into its broader economic sovereignty.
Did the United States demand that Canada completely stop trading with other countries?
**There is no public evidence supporting that broad claim.**
However, reporting indicates that Washington sought restrictions affecting Canada’s freedom over future trade arrangements and its trade policy toward third countries.
The complete American negotiating text has not been released.
Did French language protections really become part of the dispute?
**Yes.**
Carney explicitly stated that Canada refused to compromise on protections for the French language and Canadian culture and said the United States continued pressing the issue until the final stage of negotiations.
Did Canada refuse every compromise?
**No.**
Canada says it was prepared to remove remaining retaliatory tariffs in strategic sectors, encourage provinces to restore American alcohol sales and make administrative concessions involving supply management in exchange for substantial U.S. tariff reductions.
Did Washington think it was offering Canada a good deal?
**Yes.**
The Trump administration says its offer would have provided Canada with exceptionally favorable access to the American market and accuses Ottawa of demanding additional concessions.
## THE BOTTOM LINE
This trade deal did not collapse because the two countries never got close.
They did.
On Thursday:
**“We’re very close.”**
By Friday night:
**Negotiations were over.**
The final disagreement had expanded far beyond tariff percentages.
Autos mattered.
Steel mattered.
Aluminum mattered.
But so did something more fundamental:
**Canada’s right to decide its own trade relationships.**
**Canada’s right to protect its French language and culture.**
**And Canada’s unwillingness to exchange those powers for preferential access to the American market.**
Washington says Canada walked away from an exceptionally favorable offer.
Ottawa says Washington transformed a trade agreement into a demand for concessions Canada could not accept as a sovereign country.
Without the full negotiating documents, not every disputed detail can yet be independently verified.
But Carney has made Canada's red line unmistakably clear:
**Lower tariffs were negotiable.**
**Canadian sovereignty was not.**
Sources: Prime Minister of Canada, Reuters, Associated Press — August 20–24, 2026.
#news #Canada #UnitedStates #Trump #MarkCarney #Tariffs #TradeWar #USMCA #CanadaUS #Trade #FrenchLanguage #Sovereignty #Economy #Geopolitics #FactCheck
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Carney outlines the last-minute changes U.S. tacked onto trade deal terms | CBC.ca
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7316983
#Canada #USA #TradeWar #Trump #Tariffs #Soverignty #MustWatch #CUSMA
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Why Trump’s New Tariff Obsession is a Dangerous Gamble
The Tariff Trap: Why Trump’s Economic Obsession Risks a "Catastrophic" Reckoning by Winston Wendell Watching the latest news about Donald Trump and his planned wave of new tariffs, I can't help but feel like we've seen this before—and not in a good way. Trump likes to talk up these tariffs, spinning them as a way to force other countries to play by our rules and to shield the American economy. But truthfully, the reality looks a lot harsher. What we're seeing is a strategy built for […]https://bluepress.blog/2026/07/21/why-trumps-new-tariff-obsession-is-a-dangerous-gamble/
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John Roberts exposed as an architect of America's democratic decay.
No surprise there.
Just thinking of the generations before us who fought and sometimes died for the ideals they believed in and I was taught as a child.
Right and wrong no longer seem to matter to most people in this country.
#Trump #SupremeCourt #Tariffs #TradeWar #UnitedStates #Geopolitics #Gerrymandering #USPolitics #Election2026 #FailedRobertsCourt #SeditionistSix #Callais #SCOTUS #Racism #Injustice #DemocraticParty #Elections #Geopolitics #MidtermElections #Politics #RedistrictingAndReapportionment #RepublicanParty #SupremeCourt #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics #Jan6 #Truth #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol #Justice #Virginia
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"Japan’s finance minister has publicly identified the country’s more than $1tn holdings of US Treasuries as a “card” in its trade negotiations with the Trump administration, in a rare baring of teeth by America’s closest ally in Asia.
Speaking during a television interview on Friday, Katsunobu Kato was asked whether Japan would use its traditional stance as a non-seller of Treasuries as a tool in trade talks with Washington.
“It does exist as a card,” said Kato, adding that “whether or not we use that card is a different decision”.
Japanese holders, including the government, own $1.13tn of Treasuries, the largest hoard held by a foreign nation.
There is no suggestion that Tokyo is considering any sales of official Treasury holdings. But traders said that even the reference to such an action as a “card” could add to volatility in a US bond market that has lurched violently since April 2 when Donald Trump announced sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners."
https://www.ft.com/content/912f861f-26c8-4bcd-aca0-75a09e5767cc
#USA #Trump #Tariffs #TradeWar #Protectionism #Japan #PublicDebt #USTreasuries
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Nvidia’s Bold AI Bet: Building the Future on American Soil
#Nvidia
#AIRevolution
#TechNews
#USManufacturing
#JensenHuang
#AITechnology
#MadeInUSA
#TradeWarRead Full Article here :-
https://www.techi.com/nvidia-invests-in-us-ai-manufacturing-tariff-response/ -
Sometimes, I have the suspicion that they are actually being racist, exhibiting an overly patriotic mindset in which they only want their country to dominate. They use "the decline of America" as justification for threatening other countries, employing tariffs against China as a means of control. They will use any mistake made by China to justify everything they want to do. They claimed that China implemented reciprocal tariffs, and then they used that as an excuse to increase the tariffs to 140%. I must believe that "Make America Great Again" may be a sign of one entity's maximalism. Meanwhile, China and the CCP have already told the world that they are there to prosper together, providing opportunities for other countries to develop. If they truly believe in freedom of speech, they should also listen to Chinese officials who state that "a trade war has no winner.
#GlobalPolitics #EconomicPolicies #TradeWar #Patriotism #InternationalRelations #ChinaUSRelations #Tariffs #EconomicSanctions #GlobalCooperation #Diplomacy #PeacefulSolutions #EconomicGrowth #InternationalTrade #PoliticalAnalysis #FreeSpeech #GlobalProsperity #ConflictResolution #MutualBenefit #WorldEconomy
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The US could have a funding problem because of Trump’s actions—
~ The government relies on investors purchasing debt securities to finance its activity — and there's around $3 trillion in US Treasury debt set to mature this year that will need to be refinanced ⬅️
#USA #USGov #bonds #BondMarket #USTreasuries #USpol #USeconomy #USTreasuryYields #finance #tariffs #TradeWar
~ The bond market went haywire this week. Here's why that's a warning for the #US and #Trump. ~
https://www.businessinsider.com/bond-yields-sell-off-trump-tariffs-trade-war-us-debt-2025-4
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It's time to join forces!
#TrumpTariffs #US #Tariffs #TeslaCybertruck #ElectricVehicles #AutomotiveIndustry #ConsumerAwareness #SustainableLiving #EthicalChoices #TeslaCritic #TradeWar #ConsumerChoice #TeslaNews #Tesla #ElonMusk #ConsumerAwareness #EthicalChoices #TeslaCybertruck #TeslaCritic #ElonMusk
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不要买特斯拉汽车。它们一点也不酷。
Bù yāo mǎi tè sī lā qìchē. Tāmen yīdiǎn yě bù kù.Don't buy Tesla cars. They are not cool at all. (This is a very literal and straightforward translation from Chinese). Let's help the Chinese people make up their minds! Please share!
#teslaTakeDown #tradewar #electricvehicles #Tesla #automotive #carbuying #consumerchoice #TeslaCritic #TeslaReview