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https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/...w-begging-markTrump is now Begging Mark Carney for a Way Out of Canada's "Anti-Trump" Boycott/Tariff War, in Texts/Secret Phone Calls
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Trump’s illegal, punitive tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum were supposed to bring Canada to heel. Instead, they’ve triggered a full-scale economic counteroffensive led by the world’s most terrifying combatant: a calm, credentialed technocrat who doesn’t care if Trump screams on Truth Social.
Since March, Trump has doubled down, hiking tariffs to 50% on Canadian steel and aluminum—an economic escalation so reckless that even his own ambassador, off the record, admitted it’s a “mess.” Exports between the two countries have cratered. American companies are bleeding. Canadian politicians across the spectrum—from Mark Carney to Doug Ford—are spoiling for a fight.
And now Trump’s White House is quietly texting Canada’s Prime Minister, trying to ease the pain.
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Duty-free sales at crossings like Niagara and Lacolle have decreased by 40–80%. U.S. tourism boards are sounding the alarm. In Buffalo, shop owners are pleading with Canadian customers to return. But they’re not coming. Because Canadians aren’t just avoiding American products—they’re angry.
Trump joked about annexing Canada. Then he called our exports a threat to U.S. national security. Then he doubled our tariffs. Canadians got the message.
And we’re sending one back: Get bent.
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businesses can't plan when a mercurial bird keeps changing his mind how high taxes are going to be
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Sometimes when the mad king issues a new decree, nothing happens
https://www.politico.eu/article/dona...-deal-tariffs/In a much-hyped split-screen Oval Office phone call a month ago, U.S. President Donald Trump promised Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the two had struck an “historic” trade deal.
The agreement would lower Trump's punishing 25 percent tariffs on key U.K. exports, including cars, steel and aluminum, the White House said. The pact meant tariffs would be “immediately slashed,” No. 10 trumpeted.
A month later, those duties remain in place. There is still no clear timeline for when they’ll lift.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-f...130000347.htmlFlorida farmers now plowing over perfectly good tomatoes as Trump’s tariff policies cause prices to plummet
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From January through April, Trump’s threatened tariffs triggered Mexican suppliers to double or even triple tomato exports to the U.S. — before tariffs went into effect.
The result? The U.S. market was flooded with Mexican tomatoes. Florida farmers saw the wholesale price of a box of tomatoes plummet from $16 per box to $3 or $4. DiMare said tomato farmers need around $10 or $11 per box to break even.
“You can’t even afford to pick them right now,” said Heather Moehling, president of the Miami-Dade County Farm Bureau. “Between the cost of the labor and the inputs that goes in, it’s more cost-effective for the farmers to just plow them right now.”
It’s not just Florida tomato growers feeling the pinch. Canada has imposed a 25% tariff on U.S. watermelons in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian products. DiMare knows one watermelon grower who’s lost Canadian customers to Mexican watermelon suppliers as a result.
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https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-06-07/...-it-will-closeWest Virginia coal mine had 30 years of production left. It will close.
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On Monday, Kurt Salvatori, Core’s senior vice president and chief administrative officer, informed state officials that 234 workers would be laid off.
That includes 197 workers at the Itmann Mine No. 5 and 37 at the coal preparation plant. Salvatori said the layoffs were expected to be permanent.
The Itmann mine produces metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel.
In its first quarter report, released on May 8, Core said the “long-term market dynamics for Core’s metallurgical segment remain highly promising.”
However, the report also acknowledged that “trade-related uncertainties continue to weigh on markets” for coal.
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framework for an agreement
translation: Xi told Nutlick to kick rocks
OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!). WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...64632971715644
Has always been good with him?
Let's see the signed trade agreement.
Yeah sentiment has improved thanks to TACO. This isn't difficult, derp.
"The president said the deal is "done," but added that it is still "subject to final approval" between himself and Chinese President Xi Jinping."
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/us-c...s-lutnick.html
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that U.S. tariff levels on Chinese imports will not change from their current levels, even as a trade deal between Washington and Beijing has yet to be finalized.
Asked on CNBC’s “Money Movers” if the current U.S. tariffs on China are not going to change again, Lutnick replied, “You can definitely say that.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/us-c...s-lutnick.html
lol
USA tariffs China 55%
China tariffs USA 10%
Real world finance guy, is this a better deal for the USA than was previously in place? yes or no
They're going to change again.
And it's a worse deal for America than was previously in place because real world Americans buy things.
no. You're an idiot for eating up everything Trump feeds you. ing idiot.
no huh? Sounds like you are pretty passionate about this and must have a lot of reasons why it's not a better deal than before. Please explain in detail how this is not a better deal for the USA, real world financial guy.
Throughout former President Joe Biden's term, tariffs against China only increased twice, whereas tariffs against the U.S. increased once after going down. Tariffs against China sat at 19.3% for most of Biden's term, increasing to 19.9% near Sept. 27, 2024, and 20.8% near Jan. 1, 2025.
Tariffs from China against the U.S. were set at 21.2% around July 1, 2020, and dropped to 21.1% around May 1, 2021. China then increased back to 21.2% around Jan. 1, 2025.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/sto...p/83580518007/
No. Not gonna hold your re hand any more, tbh.
Bessent says Trump may extend next month's tariff deadline
Don't worry business owners, Trump will chicken out.
Blake saw the tariff data vs China under Biden and folded
China and the USA agreed to return to the former agreement, which wasn't really an agreement but just a roadmap for future negotiations
No progress, pain postponed again by TACO
Any Trump deal is not a better deal because Americans buy things and will have to pay more no matter who is making it. Thinking Chinese people want to drive F-150s in Shenzhen is cute tho.Blake saw the tariff data vs China under Biden and folded
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