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Is he now downgraded to a beta male? Trudeau I mean.

I consider the US tariffs investment, because for a nickel that I have to pay as part of my GDP, I can get Canada and the rest of the world to lower their trade barriers while also potentially watching them commit economic Sepuku as Canada and china has done. Sounds like a pretty good show either way. Not much to loose but everything to gain. Yes keep underestimating Trump supporter, that's how 2016 happened.

Oh its totally up to Canada if it wants to tax their own people and raise cost while destroying their economy, We're definitely not here to prevent Canadian Economic suicide. In-fact the opposite could be argued. We're just wondering whether or not Canada understands what it has committed to. Wondering why Trudeau didn't take Trump's trade deal at the G7 summit, why didn't they just become "pussies" like the EU. There were so many different paths other than economic sepuku.

Yes but why then did Trudeau use retaliatory tariff. Look at the EU's approach, they chose to de-escalate, making it a win win . Canada just want supply management.

I have a great fondness for said Canadians. Without them, my jihad on this forum would be meaningless.

In way more important news, Mike Pompeo give testimony over Helsinki and other issue.

Fake news, they're just making it in anticipation, nobody ordered... "The factory has turned out about 90,000 banners since March, said manager Yao Yuanyuan, an unusually large number for what is normally the low season, and Yao believed the China-U.S. trade war was the reason. “It’s closely related,” she said. “They are preparing in advance, they are taking advantage of the fact that the tariffs haven’t gone up yet, with lower prices now.”

Trump on Monday said that he’s in discussions with incoming Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador about doing something “very dramatic, very positive for both countries,” without giving more details. Mexico’s peso extended gains after Trump’s remarks, rising 0.7 percent to 18.8951 per dollar at 4:48 p.m. in New York. Lopez Obrador is “a terrific person,” Trump said at a Made in America event at the White House, adding he spoke to the Mexican president-elect “at length on a call.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/mexico-said-to-push-for-nafta-deal-with-trump-by-end-of-august?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent U.S. President Donald Trump a letter urging a swift end to NAFTA negotiations and suggesting the leaders could work well together due to their shared anti-establishment style, Mexican officials said on Sunday. Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme The letter was delivered during a recent meeting in Mexico with senior U.S. officials, and details were disclosed once Trump had received it, said Lopez Obrador, a leftist who won Mexico’s July 1 presidential election in a landslide. Marcelo Ebrard, the president-elect’s proposed foreign minister, read a copy of the letter at a news conference with Lopez Obrador that said the incoming administration’s aim was to “start a new chapter in the relationship between Mexico and the United States, based on mutual respect.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-mexico/mexican-leftist-appeals-to-anti-establishment-trump-seeks-nafta-deal-idUSKBN1KC0WZ

Or you can take the free trade deal now and save all that wait time and pain. Sounds like Canada much prefer pride over prudence as Trudeau has demonstrated. Big bro was only trying to be fair. Canada is not going to do that by having protectionist trade. If you want to build new market then adopt free trade.

HA! As if Canada will find a larger market with the least amount of tariff than the US. All the other countries you'd be trading with have tariff higher than what we offer, which is free trade. It's okay to be upset at the US but big bro just got to whip everyone into shape every now and then. Try not to take it too personally Canada. You'll come back begging for free trade soon enough.

Actually the Japanese culture is to assimilate not stand out. It's the reverse of what we have here in the US. Over there its considered rude or shameful to be different from everyone else. In fact the first thing i did when i landed at Narita airport is said, sorry I am American...in japanese and then proceeded to ask for directions. They immediate gave me a big smile knowing full well of what i meant.

I find this to be the most laughable demand by the PRC, to change all mention of Taiwan as a independent foreign nation. Looks like Air Canada is one of the many white flags that Canada is willing to throw up in the face of totalitarianism. Actions like this and the lack of defense spending often give their southern neighbor a most unfavorable impression.

yup, all for corporate profit, here's a novel idea why don't they pay their workers more. Stop giving their profit to the top 1 percent.

Looks like all the globalist liberal elites are complaining about Trump's immigration policy. They're complaining that they'll have to pay Americans more. "But President Donald Trump has cracked down on the program. His administration has accused companies like Infosys of flooding the United States with cheap foreign labor. Trump's policies on immigration have been criticized by several prominent industry leaders, including Google's (GOOGL) Eric Schmidt and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. " ""An increase in anti-outsourcing sentiments in certain countries in which we operate, including the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Australia have led and may in the future lead to the enactment of restrictive legislations," the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week." https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/23/technology/infosys-visas-immigration-warning/index.html

The US can bitch about what ever they want and do what ever they want. The rest of the world will just have to live with it. We have the best economy and military force ever. There's been no other force like this, if china wants to compete then fine by us. We're not throwing in the white flag.

Globalist!

From my travels to china in the recent past I don't think westerners understand how difficult it is for china to change to a service consumer based industry. They lack viable lending institusion that allow westerner to fully exceed their typical consumption. Many especially the one with money in the older generation are extremely frugal not wanting to spend their lifetime of saving on expensively tariffed goods. While at the same time preferring western products to home made one. This is why they prefer to spend money overseas. Second they lack stable institution that encourages freedom of thought and ideas. Hence they are not very good a innovation. This is a systemic problem and can not be solves overnight let alone in a generation. It will take a complete liberalisation and the embrace of democracy to become innovators. Many that left china to pursue a western education often do not wish to return once they've been injected with freedom. While it is important to not underestimate them we should also not overestimate as well. As for Trump's negotiation tactic on trade we will have to wait and see. I know he is waiting until after the midterms of 2018 before signing on new trade agreements. If the nato summit is anything to prove I think we will be seeing some good results.

You think so? I disagree, I think the US is in a great position to make unilateral demand as Trump has demonstrated. To be fair there are reformist inside of xi's own party who sees the pitfall of his plan. I don't think the Chinese will stop buying american monetary backing especially when they are using it to prevent inflation. If they sell off US greenbacks or stop buying it then their currency would go into free fall causing mass inflation and an even faster deflation like what we saw happen to Russia and Iran. Though this isn't really the goal though, we're just trying to get them to change course. We're not interested in collapsing 1.3 billion people back into chaos and poverty but if its got to be done then Trump's the guy to do it.

Oh here's some more evidence of the global elite, this time from bernie man. Liberal elites is what he calls them. ...

More twitter spat between Trump and Iran. This is scary and hilarious at the same time.

Fair enough, either way the end result of their corporate greed and globalist agenda is what got us here. You are 100 percent correct, the one who wins is the corporation. The global elite are pulling out the gloves for their fight with trump. The same global elite that owns CNN MSNBC NYT Whasington post etc...They don't care what happens, they make just as much money going up as going down. They've been putting America in a managed state of decline since China joined the WTO. Everybody was saying that the rise of China is the second law of thermodynamic, it was natural... we nationalist say nope it ain't. Trump's doing something about it now. The Chinese built their house on a very sandy foundation and they know it. In one fell swoop and we can destroy their entire plan. You'll see. If China keeps this up then they will see all their industrial base leave to other countries with no consumer service economy to replace it.

You are right, you don't build a economy and blue water navy overnight by saying it. You have to get help from somebody else...

Intellectual property transfer through joint venture, cyber theft, various other form of espioanage etc...

She's part of the global elite. She much prefer advancing her global agenda even at the cost average americans. Trump's the best feminist around. Look how many feminist he signed up. Look at all the single mother he has employed. He's so humbled that he doesn't want any credit for it, even offering hush money to these people.

Its part of trump pressure campaign against china. Trying to get them to play by the rules. If not then fine by us. We'll bring back all those industry they are seeking so desparately to steal. Those commodity prices can be leverage to force those industry to move production outside of china. You are only looking at the short term trend. Oh and its not all about trade, they are trying to supplant the us as the next hegemon. Think we'll just sit there and let them do it?