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So Trump is unifying Canada now.
Canada’s trade minister visits Brussels in bid to boost mutual commerce
Move comes after Donald Trump threatened both with tariffswww.ft.com
Canada’s trade minister visits Brussels in bid to boost mutual commerce
Move comes after Donald Trump threatened both with tariffs
Canada wants to boost trade with the EU, its trade minister has said, as tensions with the US persist over President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.Mary Ng visited Brussels this weekend to hold talks with EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič.Ng said that the two sides could better exploit their existing trade deal. Since it came into force in 2017, EU-Canada trade has grown by two-thirds but the pair discussed how to boost it further.“Do I think we could do better? Certainly,” Ng said. Both sides should seek to “enable our businesses to get into each other’s markets” and “always find ways of doing more of” that.
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EU countries want Ottawa to build pipelines to move oil and gas to Canada’s east coast where it could be exported to Europe, after Europe banned most Russian supplies.Objections from provinces and indigenous communities have held up projects. But Ng said that Trump’s tariff threats could change that. “Canadians are really looking at what are the kinds of things we can do to help us be more resilient,” she said.There was “much consensus now among the provincial and territorial leaders that we will remove barriers within our country so that we truly can have free trade within Canada. That is something that has eluded us.”But she said consultation with indigenous people, who own some of the land which mining and energy projects would exploit, would continue.
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Tesla not only benefits from various tax credits offered BEV buyers, but they are not subject to the dealer franchise laws of various states. All legacy car manufacturers are not permitted to sell directly to consumers but must sell through franchised dealers, which means splitting their margin. Tesla enjoys the ability of direct-to-consumer sales cutting dealers out of the picture. They keep all their margin.
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President Donald Trump's Department of Transportation just dealt a blow to a key federal program that funds the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the U.S.
In a letter to state transportation departments titled "Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans," the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) notified states that their previously approved plans to deploy charging infrastructure under the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program were no longer valid.
Under the NEVI program, states need to submit plans to the FHWA ahead of each fiscal year, outlining how they plan to use the funds they're entitled to for that year. During the Biden administration, the FHWA approved the first four (out of five) years of state plans, for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. Although that roughly $3.3 billion in funding was essentially unlocked by states, much of it has not yet been spent or committed ("obligated," in government speak) to projects.
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The DOT's latest move could end up getting sorted out by the courts as well. NEVI funding was appropriated by Congress through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the program can't be wiped away or indefinitely paused with the stroke of a pen. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 says a president can't stand in the way of funding appropriated by Congress.
In a letter to state transportation departments titled "Suspending Approval of State Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans," the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) notified states that their previously approved plans to deploy charging infrastructure under the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program were no longer valid.
Under the NEVI program, states need to submit plans to the FHWA ahead of each fiscal year, outlining how they plan to use the funds they're entitled to for that year. During the Biden administration, the FHWA approved the first four (out of five) years of state plans, for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. Although that roughly $3.3 billion in funding was essentially unlocked by states, much of it has not yet been spent or committed ("obligated," in government speak) to projects.
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The DOT's latest move could end up getting sorted out by the courts as well. NEVI funding was appropriated by Congress through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the program can't be wiped away or indefinitely paused with the stroke of a pen. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 says a president can't stand in the way of funding appropriated by Congress.
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the better question would be to ask yourself why something so trivial and insignificant would bug you any at all
ColdBlueSteel
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Super’s posts cause this
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Early Crypto Traders Had Speedy Profit on Trump Coin as Others Suffered Losses
Some traders made tens of millions off a new cryptocurrency launched by President Trump and his sons. Many others lost out.
Early Crypto Traders Had Speedy Profit on Trump Coin as Others Suffered Losses
Some traders made tens of millions off a new cryptocurrency launched by President Trump and his sons. Many others lost out."The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be president of the United States posted on his social media account that his family had issued a cryptocurrency called $Trump.
In those first minutes, a crypto wallet with a unique identification code beginning 6QSc2Cx secured a giant load of these new tokens — 5,971,750 of them — at the opening sale price of just 18 cents each, starting a surge in the $Trump price that would soon reach $75 per token.
This early trader, whose identity is not known, walked away with a two-day profit of as much as $109 million, according to an analysis performed for The New York Times.
But the fast profits for early traders, whose names are unknown but some of whom appear to be based in China, came at the expense of a far larger number of slower investors who have cumulatively suffered more than $2 billion in losses after the price of the token crashed.
...As of the middle of this week, more than 810,000 wallets had lost money on the bet, according to an examination that the crypto forensics firm Chainalysis performed for The New York Times. The total losses are almost certainly much larger: The data does not include transactions that took place on a series of popular crypto marketplaces that started offering the coin only after its price had already surged.
The price of $Trump hovered around $17 this week, less than a quarter of its $75 peak value. ..."
1moretimeagain
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Has Elon noticed the really large 5 sided building in DC yet?
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He also has said he has his sights set there, too …
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ChapelHillSooner
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Musk is either ignorant about our constitution, delusional about his chances to get it changed, or simply doesn't care to follow it.
Don't know which but none are flattering and one is just plain evil.
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I’m going to go with evil because Musk after all is human shit.
