Trudeau decided to go ahead with retaliatory tariffs even though Trump’s order includes a mechanism to escalate the rates if Canada retaliates against the U.S.
No, he’s using his imaginary fentanyl-from-Canada crisis to do an end run around that.
It’s the same shit he does to his contractors: agree to a deal, then once the work is done find some fake “flaw” that justifies him demanding compensation. There’s a reason why nobody in New York was willing to take contracts for his buildings.
I don’t think it’s void exactly - there’s some stuff around visas that’s still active. But yeah, as far as being a trade agreement it’s pretty worthless.
Does this break/invalidate the existing free trade agreements between the countries? Does this mean that NAFTA and TRUMPFTA are now void?
No, he’s using his imaginary fentanyl-from-Canada crisis to do an end run around that.
It’s the same shit he does to his contractors: agree to a deal, then once the work is done find some fake “flaw” that justifies him demanding compensation. There’s a reason why nobody in New York was willing to take contracts for his buildings.
No, silly, this means America is Great Again. /s
I don’t think it’s void exactly - there’s some stuff around visas that’s still active. But yeah, as far as being a trade agreement it’s pretty worthless.