This is part of the reason Canada bailed on the trade negotiations. When the team from Canada arrived, they thought they had the agreement that had emerged the prior week. Instead the people from the US pulled these things out. No way would this be accepted, especially interference with Quebec.
Dairy Market Access: The U.S. demanded that Canada alter its supply management system and accept Washington's interpretation of how dairy licensing and market access should be allocated for American farmers. [1, 2] Removal of Retaliatory Measures & Provincial Bans: Washington called for Canada to drop all retaliatory tariffs, for provincial governments to end bans on sales of U.S. alcohol, and to scrap "Buy Canadian" procurement policies. [1] Industrial & Auto Sector Terms: The U.S. introduced last-minute terms targeting Canada’s auto sector and production rules. [1] Digital and Media Regulations: The U.S. pressed for an overhaul of Canadian online streaming and tech laws, which Washington asserted discriminated against American digital and media firms. [1] External Trade Autonomy: The U.S. pushed for restrictions on Canada's independence to pursue separate free trade deals with other international nations. [1] Language and Culture Protections: The U.S. targeted specific Canadian laws designed to safeguard and protect the French language and Canadian cultural heritage.
Labor Alignment & Enforcement: Washington demanded that Ottawa strictly align its regulatory approaches and information sharing regarding forced labor and child labor. The U.S. sought to use these restrictions as economic leverage over Canadian supply chains.
Automotive Refusals: While the U.S. initially offered to lower existing auto tariffs from 25% to 15%, it introduced restrictive production terms and flatly rejected Canada's counter-demands for lower tariffs on heavy trucks.
Total Rescission of Retaliation: The U.S. demanded that Canada entirely drop its previous counter-tariffs without the U.S. providing parallel concessions on major Canadian exports like lumber, steel, or aluminum.
There's so much more to say about the orange ball of crud, but I think I'll give it a rest.
The news of Joanne's death has sort of taken the stuffing out of me. Ellen did a wonderful write up, so I think I'm going to purloin her work, which you can find here. Joanne was truly a woman of substance.
Joanne had such an indomitable and feisty spirit tempered with humor, kindness and intelligence. I will treasure my towels even more! I can't believe that anyone expected the Canadians to take such a crappy and unfair deal. And you don't mess with the Quebecois. They trend more conservative but will be no friend to Trump after this.
ReplyDeleteWhy on earth would Trump and his minions even care about laws protecting the French language in Canada?
ReplyDeleteit's woke.
DeleteCanada is perfectly correct..Elbows up!!
ReplyDeleteThere’s a phrase in Jamaica, “bad mind.” Going after the French language in Canada is just that. Like why?? Joanne is a real loss to our world. I wish I’d known her better.
ReplyDeletetrump is a piece of shit, as is his "trade deal". Sure, we'll just roll over and let the US destroy our country and our economy. Shows how clueless he is.
ReplyDeleteThe orange one is back at his one-sided tactics. Canada will have nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteJoanne will be missed and long remembered. RIP Joanne.
Thanks for the link Allison.
ReplyDeleteAs for Trump and his unqualified minions, the arrogance behind those demands on Canada is just mind boggling. Canada has spent the last year and a half building alliances and securing trade agreements with the EU and Australia intentionally cutting its independence on the US. As Carney said, their relationship with the US is broken and it's not coming back. He looked at the data, understood that walking away last Friday would cause Canada's economy to take a small hit but agreeing to US demands would basically be giving up Canadian autonomy. He did the right thing. Canada actually has some cards since it provides north east and north central states with electricity from their grid, the crude oil for midwestern refineries comes almost exclusively from Canada, and we rely on their potash and lumber.
Always so Sad to lose another Dear Blogger of this Wonderful Community. I enjoyed her Blog tho' I didn't really get to know her as many of you have, it's obvious she will be missed and departed on her own terms, which wasn't surprising given what I did feel I knew about her from her Blog entries. There have been some wonderful Tributes by other Bloggers. As for Canada relations with us, they have known, early on among our Allies, that they could no longer Trust America and that we are not behaving like an Ally or Valuable Trade Partner at all. I agree with Carney, their relationship with us is broken and not coming back, he did the Right thing... our Leadership is doing all the Wrong things, clearly. I'm embarrassed and ashamed, my apologies to the rest of the World for what we're becoming under this Regime.
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