Tariffs Catch-All

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Canada will adjust counter-tariffs on steel and aluminum products on July 21 to levels “consistent” with progress made during trade negotiation with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.

He did not specify what those adjusted tariffs would amount to. July 21 coincides with the end of the 30-day trade deal deadline announced after Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Kananaskis, Alta., on the sidelines of the G7.

In addition to adjusting those counter tariffs, Canada will limit federal procurement policies to favour Canadian suppliers and “reliable trading partners” by June 30, according to a press release.

Third, the government will unleash new, retroactive tariff quota rates, at 100 per cent of 2024 levels, on imports of steel products from non-free trade agreement countries. More tariff measures will be adopted in the coming weeks to respond to “unfair trade in the steel and aluminum sectors, which are exacerbated by U.S. actions,” the news release adds.
 
Business leaders predict dire consequences if ICE purges immigrant workforce


“… The national United Farm Workers union told the Washington Examiner that immigrant workers are the backbone of American farms and that the “agricultural industry would collapse without” them.

Emily Williams Knight, CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, called the loss of immigrant workers in her industry a “very serious issue” that is already having a “direct impact” on the state’s labor force.

“Restaurants are not a nice to have, they are part of a critical feeding infrastructure,” Knight said in a virtual press conference Wednesday. “There is a massive economic impact when people are not coming to work, they’re not spending in their communities and restaurants aren’t generating the revenue that’s required for investment back to the community.”

But others, including Trump administration officials and associates, have promised better wages for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants if illegal immigrants are deported.…

ICE has been pushed by White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to round up 3,000 illegal immigrants daily, nearly double the number of arrests as of late May. Since most large cities will not turn over illegal immigrants in jails on criminal charges to ICE, the federal agency has resorted to trying to boost arrest numbers by going after dozens to hundreds of immigrants at job sites rather than individual criminals at large….”
 
Business leaders predict dire consequences if ICE purges immigrant workforce


“… The national United Farm Workers union told the Washington Examiner that immigrant workers are the backbone of American farms and that the “agricultural industry would collapse without” them.

Emily Williams Knight, CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, called the loss of immigrant workers in her industry a “very serious issue” that is already having a “direct impact” on the state’s labor force.

“Restaurants are not a nice to have, they are part of a critical feeding infrastructure,” Knight said in a virtual press conference Wednesday. “There is a massive economic impact when people are not coming to work, they’re not spending in their communities and restaurants aren’t generating the revenue that’s required for investment back to the community.”

But others, including Trump administration officials and associates, have promised better wages for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants if illegal immigrants are deported.…

ICE has been pushed by White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to round up 3,000 illegal immigrants daily, nearly double the number of arrests as of late May. Since most large cities will not turn over illegal immigrants in jails on criminal charges to ICE, the federal agency has resorted to trying to boost arrest numbers by going after dozens to hundreds of immigrants at job sites rather than individual criminals at large….”
Dire consequences to American businesses is what Trump voters wanted.

Prove me wrong.
 
Almost no one in NATO will increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. It’s taken years and years to get 23 nations to 2% or higher. Poland is above 4% - that’s it.
 
Almost no one in NATO will increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. It’s taken years and years to get 23 nations to 2% or higher. Poland is above 4% - that’s it.
And why is it needed?

We spend enough for everyone.

I guess trump wants everyone to spend more buying US weapons.
 
And why is it needed?

We spend enough for everyone.

I guess trump wants everyone to spend more buying US weapons.
He likely does think an increase in defense spending will result in sales of American weaponry, ammunition, and equipment. He’s that stupid. He’s spent months pissing all over Europe.

I see Europe buying European products because they don’t see the US as a reliable ally.
 
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