The Chinese government promised a 100 per cent levy on Canadian canola oil and meal, plus a 25 per cent duty on seafood and pork. Those tariffs on Canadian goods imported to China kick in on Thursday.
As the tariffs take effect, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe called on the federal government to remove its levies on electric vehicles amid fears that his province could face job losses and face the brunt of the blowback.
Moe pointedly called it “a Western Canadian expense at the benefit of a non-existent EV auto industry in Eastern Canada.”
Faced with calls to rethink the tariffs, Ford’s office said the premier continues to back the tax on Chinese-made vehicles.
Why would we warm up to a country thatt behaves like china because the US is getting worse?
Because just like Europe, you need a new partner to replace the USA. I hate china as much as the next guy. And we mustn’t ever become dependent on them like we did with USA (I’m in Europe, so… u know). But we need some form of replacement.
Or… I mean I’m not an expert. Maybe we don’t need anyone else? Just EU, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Japan? I wouldn’t be opposed to that but idk if that would be sufficient.
And because I’m petty, I hope we exclude Switzerland from that alliance/partnership. They can suck a fat one after causing probably thousands of Ukrainian deaths by blocking arms deliveries.
The real problem is there is no replacing America. They are the largest market in the world by a lot. They purchase a ton of shit with credit. China is the second largest market but smaller then America.
So if we get rid of both those markets expect much smaller companies and a decreased QOL.
But that’s what I’m saying tho. Even if china sucks, they are at least predictable and we should rather trade with them instead of the USA.
Just don’t become dependent again. We saw how this worked out.
Just temporary untill we find other partners replacing our need for chinese products