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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Trump will "probably" announce a tariff reduction deal with Canada and Mexico, tying it to their efforts to curb fentanyl trafficking.

However, Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly denied any discussions, stating her office hadn’t been contacted about the plan.

Canada and Mexico imposed retaliatory tariffs after the U.S. enacted 25% levies.

Prime Minister Trudeau condemned Trump’s tariffs as "very dumb" and accused him of attempting to "collapse the Canadian economy" to enable annexation, vowing, "We will never be the 51st state.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago

Geographically perhaps....

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Canada needs to stick to the tariffs until US stops smuggling drugs and guns into Canada!

Trump did it unilaterally, so no discussion anymore.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Canada should coordinate with Mexico to tariff the US until they stop smuggling firearms to Mexican cartels

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would Canada, or any country for that matter, trust what we say now?

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

We are turning away from US (i am talking popular opinion here in NL) like nothing we have seen since the end of ww2.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is literally the opposite of a pump and dump scheme. Trump is intentionally tanking the market to enrich himself and his group of oligarch cronies that sold at the highest point and will buy back into the market before he announces the tariffs gone.

Insider trading while manipulating the market as a whole. Open corruption at the highest level.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Maybe if we peacefully occupy some sidewalk that these oligarchs never walk on for another 40 years, that'll teach them!

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't it still a pump'n'dump? As the Big Cheese, the man can just keep repeating the cycle as long as it suits him.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago

It’s more like a dump'n'pump I guess.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any probable actions are reading tea leaves. The idiot is unstable and cannot be trusted. Tariffs could be gone tomorrow and back again Friday.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Rework the terrorism color coding for his temperament on a daily basis...

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope they don’t. Please see straight through this giant toddler and show him that actions have consequences. Do not negotiate.

Teach him a lesson that the US is refusing to teach him.

[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Don't meet in the middle.
His middle is never in the middle of both sides.
He didn't like NAFTA, he cancelled it and force Canada and Mexico to accept a better deal for him by putting tariffs.
Even his deal is not good enough, so he put tariffs again.
If you meet him in the middle, he'll take more.
We have to make sure that everyone feels the maximum pain whenever he uses tariffs to force his will so he'll learn that it's not a good idea to bully other countries.

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Eat shit rump.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Trump never sticks to his words so the concept of a middle doesn't exist when he will go back on whatever he says over and over and over. Wish countries would just unite to sanction the US and isolate it.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago