Tariffs Catch-All

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Popcorn exporters? Gotta confess, I've never given an iota of thought to the popcorn export business but hey if it's an honest living, sure. No worries.

Look at Thom Tillis trying to squirm his way out of this. LOL. He knows his goose is cooked next year. I honestly expect him to retire. No inside info, just a hunch.l He's going to be clobbered. Ron Johnson too. LOL.

Apparently Susan Collins has been holding seminars for her Republican colleagues about the importance of being concerned.
 
There’s Richard’s Hotel. Richard’s Motel. Richard’s Pet Friendly Motel. Richard’s Motel Studios — all strung along South Federal Highway just south of Young Circle. But, this season, business is off, and there are fewer Canadians spending money in South Florida. The Trump administration’s mercurial policies are creating tension and uncertainty. Threats of tariffs on Canadian products, talk of new registration requirements for Canadian travelers, or even annexing the country as the 51st state, are making many Canadians reevaluate if they want to spend their money in the United States. “I got one guy that had a $1,000 deposit. You know for sure he’s coming. He gave up his deposit,” Clavet said. “And it’s not like he decided not to come. But, just to protest, he said he was going to Cuba instead.” After years of growth, Canadian tourism in Florida is reversing course, tourism officials say and initial data indicate. Passenger arrivals from Canada at Miami International Airport are down this year, three weeks into March. Demand for flights from Canada to South Florida has fallen about 20% compared to a year ago. “Visit Lauderdale is deeply concerned about potential travel restrictions on our tourism industry,” said Stacy Ritter, President and CEO of Visit Lauderdale, Greater Fort Lauderdale’s official marketing organization. The area annually gets about 1.1 million Canadian tourists, she noted.

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“It’s terrible,” said Clavet, 60. “People are canceling reservations left and right. They’re not booking. We should be super, super busy right now and we’re just basically seeking American business,” he said. He adds the unthinkable: “I think we need to give up on the Canadians.” Clavet, who arrived in Florida from Quebec in 1985, is torn. “I would say my heart is on both sides of the border. I think it’s terrible what’s going on in Canada right now,” said Clavet, who opened his first motel in 1990. “I guess it depends on how you’re looking at things right now. Right now, there’s like a mass movement from the Canadians and they’re all identifying together as against the U.S. And they’re cutting their flights coming down this way.”

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“This winter, we’ve seen less Canadians in both places,” Quesnel said. “And the month of March, it really died. There’s no wait if you want a table compared to the past years. In my activities, I see less French Canadians. Yeah, it’s up to the jury to say. Of course, the low dollar is a very big percentage of that. “Since November, I think that the political relationship is not too good to encourage Québécois to come down,” Quesnel said. “My own son-in-law, I’ve been asking him four times to come down for a week, room and board included, and do the golf with me. There’s no way he wants to come down here and spend money for Trump.
 
www.ctvnews.ca

‘This is a big concern’: New York tourism official worried about drop in Canadian visitors

A top tourism official in Western New York says he is concerned about a dip in visitors from Canada after recent data revealed that the number of cross-border visits from Canadians dropped significantly in February amid an ongoing trade war.
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Speaking to CP24.com on Monday, Patrick Kaler, president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara, said cross-border travel from northern neighbours dropped 14 per cent year-over-year in February.

“I am hearing anecdotally from our hotels, our attractions, that they are seeing a downturn in their overall Canadian visitation,” he said.

He said he fears when the March border data comes in, it will show a similar trend.

“This is a big concern for us,” Kaler said.

“Obviously the talk of tariffs have changed a lot of the overall Canadian sentiment towards the United States and especially towards travel.”

Kaler said the region typically depends on Canadians for about 35 to 40 per cent of its total tourism.

“It’s very important. It’s beyond just the tax base that it creates, but it creates jobs,” he said.

“To see that pipeline cut off from us… it’s going to mean some hard decisions for some of our businesses probably if we’re not able to replace those visitors from other destinations within the United States.”

Amid the trade dispute, Kaler added that a recent advertising campaign geared at attracting Canadian travellers to the region was also suspended.

“Unfortunately, when the tariff talk started in early February, the comments on social media were very strong and so we decided to take it (the advertising campaign) down,” he said.

“We can appreciate the sentiment of the Canadian travellers and we don’t want to be disrespectful of how they’re feeling towards the United States at this point and go in with kind of maybe a tone-deaf message.”

Canadians appear to be showing declining interest in travelling across the border amid a trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year.
 

No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers​

They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
By David Frum

GIFT LINK 🎁 —> No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers

“… During the 2024 election campaign, Americans were told, in effect, that no sacrifice was too great to revive the domestic U.S. toaster-manufacturing industry. If that claim is true, then farmers should be proud to pay more and receive less, making the same sacrifice as any other American.

But if a farm family voted for Trump, believing that his policies were good, it seems strange that they would then demand that they, and only they, should be spared the full consequences of those policies. Tariffs are the dish that rural America ordered for everyone. Now the dish has arrived at the table. For some reason, they do not want to partake themselves or pay their share of the bill.

That’s not how it should work. What you serve to others you should eat yourself. And if rural America cannot choke down its portion, why must other Americans stomach theirs?”
 
GDP (our Economic standing as a nation) = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net imports/exports

Just imagine the new Golden Age of America once we stop getting ripped off by foreigners, close the trade gap, slash the Government, and build factories here in the U.S. Nike can start paying Union wages and benefits to people that don't want those jobs here rather than the Chinese who get paid $2 per day. Your new Nikes will cost $200 rather than $125.

Finally, we will begin to rise up off the mat, and begin to move way up the list of National GDP and prosperity. We will Make America GREAT Again, rather than this poor showing. THE GOLDEN AGE is before us!1000016195.png
 
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Kraftyheel89 said:
GDP (our Economic standing as a nation) = Consumption + Investment + Government Spendi g + Net imports/exports

Just imagine the new Golden Age of America once we stop getting ripped off by foreigners, close the trade gap, slash the Government, and build factories here in the U.S. so Nike can start paying Union wages and benefits to people that don't want those jobs here rather than the Chinese who get paid $2 per day. Your new Nikes will cost $200 rather than $125.

Finally, we will begin to rise up off the matt, and begin to move way up the list of National GDP and prosperity. We will Make America GREAT Again, rather than this poor showing. THE GOLDEN AGE is before us!
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$200 might be an underestimate.
 
Kraftyheel89 said:
GDP (our Economic standing as a nation) = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net imports/exports

Just imagine the new Golden Age of America once we stop getting ripped off by foreigners, close the trade gap, slash the Government, and build factories here in the U.S. Nike can start paying Union wages and benefits to people that don't want those jobs here rather than the Chinese who get paid $2 per day. Your new Nikes will cost $200 rather than $125.

Finally, we will begin to rise up off the mat, and begin to move way up the list of National GDP and prosperity. We will Make America GREAT Again, rather than this poor showing. THE GOLDEN AGE is before us!1000016195.png
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Interesting chart.

I just can't understand why we are so far behind other countries.
 
nycfan said:

No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers​

They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
By David Frum

GIFT LINK 🎁 —> No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers

“… During the 2024 election campaign, Americans were told, in effect, that no sacrifice was too great to revive the domestic U.S. toaster-manufacturing industry. If that claim is true, then farmers should be proud to pay more and receive less, making the same sacrifice as any other American.

But if a farm family voted for Trump, believing that his policies were good, it seems strange that they would then demand that they, and only they, should be spared the full consequences of those policies. Tariffs are the dish that rural America ordered for everyone. Now the dish has arrived at the table. For some reason, they do not want to partake themselves or pay their share of the bill.

That’s not how it should work. What you serve to others you should eat yourself. And if rural America cannot choke down its portion, why must other Americans stomach theirs?”
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Amen
 
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