Does This Explain Trump's Tarrifs?
I think it does.
Unless you trust all the other countries in the world, and unimpeded international shipping ,maintaining your own manufacturing base is important for national security.
Not only manufacturing, but food production and mineral production are equally important when there's a possibility of disruption of supplies from outside your own country.
( I've thought that this might be a partial justification for Canada's supply management system but I'm not sure that it is working as intended and has not just become an expensive boondoggle when the biggest asset to produce is quota and the cost of financing quota inflates the costs of the products.)\
One more thing. Canada's reaction to Trump's gambit was exactly the worst possible thing our governments could have done. Canada shares a border with United States and is a logical supplier that should be able to be trusted but our governments' reactions when tested were not to prove we can be trusted but to show that we cannot be and when showing respect was the smart thing to do, Canada showed disrespect and continues to do so.
The one exception was Danielle Smith who went down and met personally with Trump and indicated a willingness meet Trump's demands to the extent that they were reasonable and indicted a willingness to listen and negotiate. She immediately increased the border security in Alberta and indicated respect for our American neighbor.
Anyone follow Melanie from Saskatchewan…..??
Credit goes to Melanie In Saskatchewan
Dear America,
To President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and the Americans sitting across the negotiating table from our government:
I'm writing this from Canada with a request I never thought I would make of another country.
Please help us.
Not our government. Us. The Canadian people. Please help us understand what is happening to our own country.
Our relationship with the United States is deteriorating. Our economy is hurting. Canadian and American families are worried about jobs, businesses, mortgages and the country we're going to hand our children. Yet through one of the most consequential trade disputes of our lifetime, ordinary Canadians are being left in the dark about what is actually happening.
We hear statements and vague explanations from our government. What we don't get to see or hear is what actually happened at the table.
Increasingly, Canadians are learning more about ...
