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Is R "Eggplant" Suave going to start another round of MOCKERY? O_O
This doesn't get much attention in the news, but I think Trump's beef with Canada is how they are becoming a way for more and more Third World Primitives to enter the USA.LowIQTrash » Today, 4:04 am » wrote: ↑ Tariffs are a bit more complex than what most economists believe. I am actually in the camp that they are slightly deflationary because they slow GDP growth. The "inflation" caused by higher import prices is overridden by the lower total transaction sum.
Anyway, Canada should not be a concern based on your criteria ("unfair / not level playing field")...unless Trump is trying to extract political concessions from them.
As far as Canadian goods are concerned...I see Maple Syrup, pine lumber, Lululemon, Molson Coors, Blackberry and cranberries at the top of that list.
Canada's share of the automotive industry has been in decline in recent years..so I'm not sure what our economic imbalance with them is.
With Mexico our automotive trade imbalance is $106BN in their favor.
It seems that if Mexico can be allowed to hold a dominant position in auto making that should encourage their own people to stay put....but modern day auto making isn't labor intensive enough to keep huge masses of people working.
THANKFULLY...we are getting some relief from the "good old days" when the average Mexican woman was pooping out nearly 7 kids each.......
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP ... cations=MX