Canada is back in fashion:

"Canada is the second-largest country by land mass, with the world’s longest coastline. It is bookended by the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, making it ideally situated for global trade.

Marko Papic, chief strategist at BCA Research, also reckons Canada could be better off in a warmer world. “Global warming could increase agricultural yields, open up large swaths of the country to mineral exploration, and allow for new trade routes through the Arctic,” he said.

The country is energy independent, with the world’s largest deposits of high-grade uranium and the third-largest proven oil reserves. It is also the fifth-largest producer of natural gas.

Canada boasts a huge supply of other commodities too, including the largest potash reserves (used to make fertiliser), over one-third of the world’s certified forests and a fifth of the planet’s surface freshwater. Plus, it has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium and other rare earth elements, which are used in renewable technologies.

“Canada absolutely has potential to be a global superpower,” added Papic. But the nation has lacked the visionary leadership and policy framework to capitalise on its advantages.

US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat has, however, shifted the Overton window. There is now a growing political consensus to unlock Canada’s economic potential and reduce its dependence on exports to its southern neighbour. That task will fall to either Prime Minister Mark Carney or opposition leader Pierre Poilievre following an election this year.

Canada’s GDP has long trailed its G7 peers, ranking 16th globally in purchasing power parity terms. A country with its geography could clearly generate higher output. To do so, the Canadian economy needs to become more efficient, raise investment and attract more high-skilled workers. Here’s how."

https://www.ft.com/content/d4813838-66b2-4823-8361-11d467142fd2

#Canada #USA #Trump #Tariffs #TradeWar #PoliticalEconomy #Geopolitics

Bartiromo loses patience with Bessent: "See, these are the things that ppl are really worried about. Bc they 1st thought it was just about trade -then just about fentanyl -after that we talked about, 'well, maybe it's currency manipulation.' Now you're talking about food testing. & when I bring up the issue of clarity, that's what I'm talking about & -I'm hearing from corp. America, that we're not sure where this is going."

Even Fox Bus News is livid about Trump's #tariffs.
#Trumpcession #USPol

2/2 "We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us" ...
"They're not even a real country anyway."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYB6ZSwdrvM #Trump #JDVance 🛋️ #Canada #tradewar #tariffs #GOCanada ✊ 🇨🇦

Timothy Snyder: "This is the magic of the big lie, as Hitler explained in Mein Kampf. Tell a lie so big, advised Hitler, that people will not believe that you would deceive them on such a scale. [...] Big lies today? That #Canada attacked the United StateS first by sending masses of fentanyl across the border. And also that Canada also does not really exist."

https://substack.com/home/post/p-158841639 #Trump #JDVance #project2025 #politics #tradewar #tariffs #BlameCanada
#GOCanada ✊ 🇨🇦

😂

#USPolitics #Tariffs

Apparently, in the #usa, if you have an obesed belly and a gun you can kidnap anyone who's face you don't like. That's creepy scary stuff. https://youtu.be/7-3faK2Fwp8

#resistance #mahmoudkahlil #khalil #usmaffia #europe #gaslighting #betrayal #krasnov #geopolitics #democracy #authoritarian #trumpregime #SecuringOurFuture #jddunce #50501protests #ukrainerussiawar #zelensky #ukraine #tariffs #canada #mexico

"Petitioning the King"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SKhAK-rR55U

#politics #corruption #tariffs #economics #Trumpnomics #Trump #CEOs

“With the stock market falling and business leaders begging Trump to stop the trade machinations that are creating the volatility that is wrenching the economy downward, Trump said yesterday to reporters: “[L]ong-term, what I’m doing is making our country strong again.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #tariffs

“The U.S. administration is once again inserting disruption and disorder into an incredibly successful trading partnership and raising the costs of everyday goods for Canadians and American households alike.”
—François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's minister of innovation, science, and industry
#trump #tariffs #usa #canada

“Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and even worse for consumers. These tariffs are disrupting supply chains. They bring uncertainty for the economy.”
—Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President
#trump #tariffs #usa #eu

“Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S. went into effect today, prompting retaliatory tariffs from the European Union and Canada.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2025
#trump #usa #eu #canada #tariffs

Die aktuellen Entwicklungen in den USA mögen chaotisch erscheinen, doch es steckt ein Plan dahinter: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2025-03/donald-trump-usa-handel-finanzpolitik-weltwirtschaft?freebie=3cddf326

#uspol #tariffs #Zölle

Trump doesn’t want ‘to hurt Ireland’ — but he might https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-fair-micheal-martin-ireland-st-patricks-eu-enviornmental-law/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Competition #Investment #HealthCare #Buildings #Chemicals #Companies #Elections #Airlines #Americas #Exports #Markets #Tariffs #Budget #Courts #Pharma #Rights #Media #Trade #Golf #Tax #us

"Reading and watching the dutiful daily coverage of Trump’s trade war, you might well have no idea just how crazy it is.

The reality is this: There’s no good reason for it, it hurts everyone, and it’s arguably going to tank the American and international economies."

~ Dan Froomkin

#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/press-coverage-of-trumps-tariffs

#Republicans seem certain that Republicans are best at raising #inflation.
#Trump
#tariffs
#tariff
#recession
#election2026
#2026election
#uncertainty

“The #EuropeanUnion, hit for the first time by higher US #tariffs since #Trump returned to the White House, retaliated within hours with countermeasures on US goods exports.” #TrumpTax

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/economy/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-hnk-intl?cid=ios_app

"The European Commission said its measures would affect up to €26bn of American goods, matching the US #tariffs on European exports, and would take effect in April, leaving some time to negotiate with #Washington."
#Trump
#tariffs
#recession
#inflation
#investing
#premarket
https://www.ft.com/content/69f582a6-3cec-4858-b115-3a24329102b4

#AusPol #Tariffs #Spud

SBS news headlines /prioritises dutton’s thoughts on a serious matter before they go on to discuss the current government’s thoughts .. for some reason that makes no sense at all.
is spud’s opinion of elbow more important than elbow’s opinion of mump? did gina make a phone call or sumfin?

also, i would like to see dutton do better at pigeon chess with the ferret-headed knob.

what are we doing about insulating us in the future from the consequences of putting all our eggs in one basket? that’s what the entire world wants their respective governments to explain

'Shocker': Dutton accuses Albanese of 'incompetence' following Trump's tariff decision
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-wont-be-exempt-from-us-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminium-exports/oos69k7eq?cid=newsapp:socialshare:copylink

#Tariffs - #Spud #Dutton is a total plonker!

"I could get the tariffs lifted!"

The #US says, "There will be no exemptions!"

Dutton thinks we're idiots #auspol

Lutnick says Trump tariffs 'worth it' even if they lead to recession https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5189964-lutnick-trump-tariffs-recession/ #Administration #Economy #tariffs #News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wisely Rips Up Contract With Starlink He Never Should Have Signed In The First Place
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/ontario-premier-doug-ford-wisely-rips-up-contract-with-starlink-he-never-should-have-signed-in-the-first-place/

"Ontario Premier #DougFord has finally shredded his Province’s $100 million contract with #ElonMusk ’s #Starlink satellite broadband service...

But with King Trump’s mindless and destructive #tariffs on #Canadian goods wreaking havoc, Ford... scrapped the deal"

#Musk #Trump #Corruption #Politics #Business #News #US #USA #World

"For a president who was criticized early in her campaign as being “uncharismatic” (in large part an unsubtle attempt to play her off against her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador), she has, in barely six months in office, become an international example for how to deal with a volatile, capricious Trump. Her poise and the famous cabeza fría in the face of tariff and invasion threats, Trump’s designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and a series of sloppy, adolescently antagonistic communiqués from the American president have won her plaudits from world leaders as disparate as Gustavo Petro and Olaf Scholz. Finessing the art of statesmanship in the face of crass belligerence, the presidenta has walked a fine line between firmness and flexibility, tossing Trump something he can use to declare a “win” without compromising her position in future negotiations. This has gained her repeated praise from Trump personally, who has openly cribbed her idea for carrying out a national anti-fentanyl campaign. Where Justin Trudeau went to grovel at Mar-a-Lago, or Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the White House only to get snapped at, Sheinbaum has remained in Mexico, negotiating, governing, and refusing to play Trump’s game on his terms. And as it turned out, delaying the announcement of reciprocal tariffs for a few days to allow both space for last-minute dialogue and time for the organization of a public rally turned out to be the right move on both counts. It is the kind of strategic thinking Sheinbaum will need in spades in the days and weeks ahead."

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/mexico-sheinbaum-trump-tariffs-popularity

#Mexico #USA #Tariffs #Trump #Sheinbaum #Tariffs #TradeWar

Asleep in court and in the office.
Sleeping on the job.
Asleep at the wheel.
Lights are on, no one is home.
Deer in the headlights.
While investors watched in horror as the stock market plunged on Monday as a result of President Donald Trump’s sprawling trade wars, he was busy reposting praise for his administration on Truth Social.
#investing
#premarket
#Trump
#inflation
#recession
#tariff
#tariffs
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goes-on-insane-truth-social-posting-spree-as-stock-market-freefalls/

US Republicans lack details and directions with #tariff #tariffs.
#CNBC
#Squakbox
Markets continue to decline on vain attempt by Trump to threaten national alliances

#Extortion does not play well on #UnitedStates stock market.
#recession
#redwave
#inflation
#premarket

#Republicans continue to downplay the declining #stockmarket today after screaming #recession and #redwave since 2020.

Be careful what you wish for.
#inflation
#tariff
#tariffs
#Squakbox
#CNBC
#premarket

Good morning. It's 9AM, Monday, 10th March. The headlines: Mark Carney has been appointed #Canada's Prime Minister, vowing to challenge #Trump on trade. The US and #Ukraine are set for discussions in Saudi Arabia amid Russian tensions. Escalating #tariffs mark the China-US trade conflict, affecting American agriculture. #Syria is engulfed in violence and #Israel intends to reduce #Gaza's power supply. #MarkCarney

Dow Jones down 3.4% in one month
NASDAQ back to Nov 2024
S&P500 back to Nov 2024

Will Republicans continue to destroy the #UnitedStates #middleclass #economy?

#Mexico #tariffs begin Monday!
#tariff
#trump
#recession
#redwave
#inflation
#election2026
#2026election

Friend's meme coping strategy isn't pulling any punches today. 😳

#politics #USPoli #CdnPoli #tariffs #literacy

#Republicans lost the #middleclass #economy.

"Costco CFO sounds alarm on consumer trend
Retailers could be in for a rough 2025.
70% of consumers say inflation has hurt their household finances.

And compounding matters is that #interestrates remain stubbornly high due to sticky #inflation. In January the Federal Reserve hit pause on interest rate cuts. And it’s likely to hold rates steady when it meets in mid-March"
#premarket
#recession
#Trump
#tariff
#tariffs
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/costco-cfo-sounds-alarm-on-consumer-trend

"#China announced #tariffs on over $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies #Ottawa introduced in October and opening a new front in a trade war largely driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats. "
#tariff
#trump
#inflation
#recession
#premarket
#investing
https://www.reuters.com/markets/china-announces-retaliatory-tariffs-some-canada-farm-food-products-2025-03-08/

Psycho! Just 24 hrs after pausing a 25% tariff, Trump announced a NEW 250% TARIFF on Canada🇨🇦 on lumber and dairy products. https://shorturl.at/1apvF #press #tariffs