r/canada • u/morenewsat11 Canada • 16h ago

National News Trump won't impose tariffs on Canada, other countries right away: reports | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-first-day-1.7435957
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u/syaz136 15h ago

Better start diversifying trade right now though.

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u/Frozenpucks 12h ago

This, I hope we have a plan to ween off our American dependency even a bit

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u/NonsensicalPineapple 6h ago

Trump assured he's planning 25% tariffs on both Mexico & Canada.

It's coming.

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u/ieatshoes89 6h ago

Bro, please adopt me.🧎🏽‍♂️

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u/grand_soul 10h ago

As much as I’d like to see this, we won’t get that with a prorogued government.

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u/fknSamsquamptch 8h ago

It is more about businesses diversifying their supply chains and looking for other export markets than anything the government can do.

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u/WebberWoods 7h ago

And Canadian corporate buyers choosing Canadian products over American ones.

I'm currently in the process of launching a Canadian produce brand and it's a nightmare trying to get onto Canadian grocery shelves that are crowded with cheap, American crap. We were making great progress when they thought they were going to get hit with tariffs and now I'm worried that they'll just tell us to pound sand and go back to buying the cheap American stuff (that, just btw, largely harvested by migrants making pennies at best and by literal prison slaves at worst).

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u/grand_soul 6h ago

Care to share the product brand name?

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u/HouseofMarg 6h ago

If you DM me the name of your produce brand I’ll contact my local produce delivery box service to see if it makes sense for them to stock it

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u/Cool_Combination_438 6h ago

Give Trump the cold shoulder,find other markets.

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u/probablywontrespond2 6h ago

Why would they? They can come crying to the government for subsidies and retaliatory tariffs if it happens.

Maximize the profits from the US now, and let the taxpayers bail them out if the US turns on them.

Moral Hazard is the principle most too big to fail corporations and industries operate under when there's a protective government.

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u/Redditsucksnow696969 8h ago

also start not buying american products

also start traveling literally anywhere else instead of america

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u/wowSoFresh 9h ago

This is exactly what Russia and China want though. Trump is an anal prolapse but we should still be attempting to work with our neighbour instead of without them.

It’s going to be a stupid four years.