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Years ago I was asked to go to a Canadian college to see a workshop for a musical about 9/11.
I scoffed. A musical about what? How will that work?
I drove out to the campus during a brutal winter snowstorm. I remember cursing that I was having to deal with a late night white knuckle drive for a musical that made absolutely no sense. Who would want to listen to people sing about that unspeakable tragedy?
I should have had more faith. The writers - an incredible Canadian duo called David Hein & Irene Sankoff - made magic at Sheridan College. Their musical wasn’t really about 9/11, it was about the community of Gander, Newfoundland that welcomed stranded planes on that dark day
It was about the Canadian spirit of opening our hearts and homes to those in need… no matter where they come from, what colour, religion, gender or nationality they are. It was about overcoming odds and helping strangers for no other reason than it was the right thing to do
38 planes carrying 6,579 passengers were diverted to Gander on 9/11. To put things in perspective, Gander is a tiny community of less than 10,000 people. They literally doubled in size overnight.
They could have left the people on the planes. They could have refused them and said it was America’s problem. They could have deflected and blamed as is so popular with the current leader of the U.S. They chose to open their arms and welcome everyone.
The community got together and found ways to feed, clothe and house every passenger and animal that were on those planes They put people up in schools and gymnasiums, guest rooms in their homes and more They turned the hockey rink into a giant walk in fridge for all the food
They rounded up bbqs from everyone’s backyard to have big cookouts for all the new guests. Provided every denomination with a place to pray. Made sure that kids had diapers, toys and a feeling of safety. Comforted animals who weren’t allowed off the planes. They stepped up.
For four days, no one from Gander slept or took a break. They were constantly on the go to ensure that every one of their new arrivals felt safe, protected and welcomed. That’s what the musical was about. The camaraderie and love shown during that unprecedented time
Its name? Come from Away.
It would go on to be a Tony Award winning Broadway musical with successful productions all over the Globe. Its message of kindness, inclusion and hope inspired people to be more welcoming of those who are different than them
It was one of the greatest honours of my life to be one of the first journalists to write about that extraordinary musical. To be able to meet many of the people from Gander and from the planes who allowed their stories to be told.
I’ve always loved being a Canadian, but sitting in that small theatre on a snowy winters night … I was overwhelmed with pride & hope for our future The people of Gander showed us what it truly means to be a neighbour, and we need to hold onto that spirit in these dark times
I don’t know what comes next, but I know Canadians will rise to the challenge. We will continue to extend a hand in friendship to our American neighbours. We know most of you don’t want this either. We will stand proud and remain true to our values always. We will overcome
If you want to watch it, the Broadway production was filmed for streaming on AppleTV and it’s beautifully done. “Tonight we honour what was lost, but we also commemorate what we found.”
https://youtu.be/Af77C4zUkjs?si=I5f3ulk3YVQ44bzk
#uspoli #canpoli #tariffs #canadian #comefromaway
Trudeau calls on Canadians to choose Canadian goods, to forgo Florida orange juice, Kentucky bourbon, or holidays in the United States.
#economy #tariffs #Canada #geopolitics #law #USpol #Trump
Trudeau says Canada’s retaliatory #tariffs against the #UnitedStates will start with 25% tariffs on approximately $20B worth of US goods on Tues, with $85B more to follow within 3 weeks, to permit Canadian #SupplyChains to adjust.
#economy #prices #inflation #cost #geopolitics #law #USpol #Trump
https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/economic-and-fiscal-effects-trump-administrations-proposed-tarrifs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/china-trump-tariffs.html
China’s Ministry of Commerce said it would file a legal case at the World Trade Organization, but signaled it still wanted a stable relationship with the U.S.
#TRUMP #TARIFFS #CHINA #PRESS
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/263181/mexico-to-retaliate-against-us-tariffs-president-says
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum angrily rejected an accusation by the United States Saturday that her government has an alliance with drug cartels, and vowed to retaliate against Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
#MEXICO #TRUMP #TARIFFS #PRESS
Mexico accuses US of ‘slander’ over cartel alliance claim
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum angrily rejected an accusation by the United States Saturday that her government has an alliance with drug cartels, and vowed toINQUIRER.net
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-trudeau-announces-counter-tariffs-2025-02-02/
Canada will retaliate against President Donald Trump'snew tariffs with 25% levies on a raft of U.S. imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, warning Americans that Trump's actions would have real consequences for them.
Canada slaps 25% tariffs on C$155 billion of US goods. Trudeau says C$30 billion will take effect on Tuesday. Duties on the remaining C$125 billion in 21 days.
#CANADA #TRUMP #TARIFFS #PRESS
Inhaltswarnung: US pol, resilience, comforting myself and maybe others too
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-slaps-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-risking-higher-prices-us-consu-rcna190185
KEWL🌀NEWS
#CANADA #MEXICO #TARIFFS #TRUMP #PRESS
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
President Donald Trump signed an executive order issuing tariffs on goods coming into the U.S. from Canada, Mexico and China, raising the risk of a trade war with America’s closest trading partners and threatening to drive up prices on everything fro…Shannon Pettypiece (NBC News)
> President Trump's planned tariffs could effectively tax the average #US household an extra $830 this year, an analysis from the nonpartisan nonprofit Tax Foundation finds
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-taxes #DonaldTrump #tariffs #CDNpoli #CANpoli #Canada #Mexico #economy #trade @Downshift
Via Rupar:
REPORTER: You promised to reduce costs, and so many of the products that would be tariffed, the outgoing country is not paying the tariff, the buyers in the US pay that and it's passed on to consumers
#TRUMP: There could be some temporary short-term disruption, and people will understand that
More on #TrumpTax #tariffs
Via Rupar:
#Trump says "all forms of medicine and pharmaceuticals" are going to be tariffed
https://flip.it/FBVTK7
#Trump #Tariffs #China #Canada #Mexico
Live updates: Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico to begin over weekend
Live updates as Trump threatens tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada and BRICS countries. Follow the latest news on Cabinet picks Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.NBC News
Not "What BS excuse is trump using to justify tariffs?"
Or "Why are tariffs bad?"
What's the real reason that trump is obsessed with them?
Is it just because it's the biggest economic stick that the executive branch can wield?
What says you?
@FantasticalEconomics
Edit:
Spoiler: It's a grift for the wealthy.
#tariffs #trump #economics
1. The #Genocide of #Palestinians by #Israel using #US made weapons. Vietnam and #Palestine have had a special diplomatic relation after WWII. 2. #China has become the 2nd largest Foreign Direct Investor in Vietnam in 2024. 3. #Russia has turned to Vietnam for its energy export after being sanctioned by the US. 4. #Trump's #tariffs pushes China to buy more farm products from Vietnam.
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/russia-ready-to-expand-cooperation-in-new-energy-areas-with-vietnam-ambassador-post309023.vnp
Orbán’s power to disrupt is exaggerated
The economic difficulties facing the Hungarian leader with will further undermine his ability to hijack — let alone drive — the EU’s agenda.Mujtaba Rahman (POLITICO)
Lots of Canadian root veg. Potatoes and beets. Mexican avocados, berries and squash. Costa Rica Pineapple
#buycanadian #canada #tariffs #usa
Still, if they plant some trees now they should be ready in, oh, 30 years.
Trump's tariffs will end up screwing Americans who voted for him. Perhaps he should try reading a book to see how they actually work.
#Trump #USpoli #tariffs #LAfires
Leaked memo reveals alarming German warnings over Trump – POLITICO
Michaelis describes Trump’s vision as one focused on the “maximum concentration of power with the president at the expense of Congress and the states.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Germany is main EU target of Trump tariffs, warns economy minister – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
Although Trump can only impose punitive trade measures against the entire EU, 'you can be pretty sure thatEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
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Bloomberg:
"Exclusive: Members of Donald #Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up #tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while helping avoid a spike in inflation:
Trump Team Studies Gradual Tariff Hikes Under Emergency Powers
Plan would boost import duties 2%-5% a month on trade partners
Supporters include Trump advisers Bessent, Hassett and Miran"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-13/trump-team-studies-gradual-tariff-hikes-under-emergency-powers
Trump Tariffs: Economic Team Studies Gradual Hikes Under Emergency Powers
Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while helping avoid a spike in inflation, according to people familiar…Jenny Leonard (Bloomberg)
An even more significant example is infant-industry protection, which has worked best when it exists alongside other instruments to incentivize domestic firms to innovate and upgrade. Some notable cases include the late-nineteenth-century United States, post-1960s South Korea and Taiwan, and post-1990s China. In each of these cases, industrial policies went far beyond trade protection, and it is unlikely that tariff barriers on their own would have produced the gains each of these economies experienced.
Similarly, green policies often require some trade barriers to make them economically and politically viable, as in the case of the European Union’s carbon tariffs and the local-content requirements of the US Inflation Reduction Act. In all these cases, tariffs play a supporting role for other policies that serve a broader purpose, and can be a small price to pay for the larger benefit.
Unfortunately, Trump has not offered a domestic agenda of renewal and economic reconstruction in any of these areas, and his tariffs will likely stand – and fail – on their own."
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-has-wrong-concept-of-tariffs-by-dani-rodrik-2025-01
#USA #Trump #Protectionism #TradeWars #Tariffs #PoliticalEconomy
What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.Project Syndicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act
#Tariffs #Trade #DictatorTrump #OrangeBaboon #Stupidity #Collapse
by George Hazim in George’s Newsletter on Substack
“To exemplify how both geopolitically naive and ignorant Trump remains, and it’s as if he’s learnt nothing or has been absent in the past four years, today, Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on BRICS countries if
they pursue de-dollarisation”
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgehazim/p/trumps-naivety-exposes-americas-decline?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #US #Trump #BRICS #Dedollarization #Tariffs #Multipolarity
Trump's Naivety Exposes America's Decline
It's not hard to be surprised by President-elect Donald Trump'sGeorge Hazim (George’s Newsletter)
Who is Peter Mandelson, Britain’s ‘prince of darkness’ US ambassador pick?
He’s an anti-Brexit advocate for closer China ties — but could Peter Mandelson charm Trumpworld?Emilio Casalicchio (POLITICO)
France will oppose the Mercosur treaty right until the end
Paris risks an embarrassing defeat this week, just as its government faces possible censure and collapse. But this won’t be the end of the saga.Mujtaba Rahman (POLITICO)
Will booming Ireland boot out TikTok PM Simon Harris? – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
“We’re in a very fragmented political environment,” Harris said at one of his final campaign events at TrimEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Will booming Ireland boot out TikTok PM Simon Harris?
His more experienced coalition partner, Micheál Martin, appears best positioned to lead the next government — and insists he won’t turn left to Sinn Féin or right to anti-immigrant independents.Shawn Pogatchnik (POLITICO)