What the feck happened!

More on Australia:  it's refreshing to see a country that understands the need to defend itself from Chinese expansionism.  Australia has committed to double its defense spending over the next 9 years so as to provide a credible deterrence to China.  

it is worth considering , i realize that trump has irritated the canadians with his talk of annexation and reciprocal tariffs , but there is a simple fix , remove their tariffs and trump will remove ours , side with europe and worse yet the chibese and there will be reproduction's from that too , we have been good neighbors in the past ....yes some bumps in the road , thats what we need to remain - its in both ur interest , 

there are and have been canadian tariffs on US goods imported there  , i listed some on another thread , 

dairy was a part of it as i recall , ill need to look it back up for the complete list , ill try to do that - it was here on this site and   think this forum that i listed them , 

Wish I had that ability!

Geez A Sq: That was a posting from:PuckDaddy (Joe Anidar) on his posting of 06 March 2025.(From what I could find)

You should have looked a little deeper for your own satisfaction.

Everything he stated on that list - as well as Aluminum & a few other things - were NOT tariffed by Canada, & were actually catagorized as tariff free by CBSA under the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) designation.

As well, the 2nd round of NAFTA / CUSMA was negotiated by Trump. It was HE that disctated what "tariffs" would be applied to dairy products.

" Those tariffs only kick in after the U.S. surpasses the quantity it's permitted to sell in Canada tariff free - a number negotiated by the Trump administration in 2018 as part of CUSMA."
" Unless or until you meet that threshold you do not pay" The U.S. has never reached the quota, which the U.S.dairy industry acknowledged earlier this month."
During the negotiation of CUSMA, Canada agreed to increase over time the quota of U.S. products that can enter the market tariff free.
What really drew my suspicion is that the majority of chicken sold here originates in USA.(There are processing differences that are applied ie: temperature of water during processing etc.) I worked for a poultry company and we had a "quota" for US chicken. As well, for the last 15 years I was importing food/spice products from the southern US for my own business.
One has to be careful about the mis-information spread around the internet.

If I could slightly change the topic to the tariffs on Chinese made goods President Trump's plan is working.  China has signaled a willingness to discuss the trade imbalance and tariffs with President Trump if he first drops the tariffs on Chinese made goods.  President Trump, being the canny negotiator he is has refused because he knows darn well the Chinese will drag out negotiations for years.  President Trump holds the winning hand because the Chinese economy is crashing and factories are closing daily.  This is another hammer blow to China's already fragile economy due to their mortgage crisis after several property developers such as Evergrande defaulted on their debts.  2023 saw a record 8 million Chinese citizens default on their mortgages and loans.  Americans need to simply sit tight, take a little short term pain for long term gain and trust that President Trump knows exactly what he is doing.