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  • Re: Import tariffs

    From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Joseph Pereira on Wed Aug 26 12:55:56 2026
    On 24 Aug 2026, Joseph Pereira said the following...


    Canada plans to implement countermeasures on September 8. Will the US
    give in again before then?


    HAHA, Canada doesn't buy much of the US's products anyway. The US can live without Canada's products but I don't think Canada can live without the US market.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Ward Dossche on Wed Aug 26 13:05:40 2026
    On 24 Aug 2026, Ward Dossche said the following...


    The negotiations between the US and Canada collapsed on Friday night i Saturday morning. The US is now going to impose substantial import tariffs on Canadian products.

    Any American agreement these days is written and signed in pencyl. What
    is today, stands a very good chance of not being tomorrow.

    Nobody wants to conduct business in such instability.


    Ward... What contract is the US negotiating that is currently in force??

    Canada and Mexico??

    The US/Canada/Mexico deal has windows of time that they can review and renegotiate aspects.

    This windows started in July, as per the contract.

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  • From Joseph Pereira@1:103/705 to All on Tue Sep 8 08:04:25 2026

    Canada's import tariffs went into effect last night. This is in response to the previously introduced US import tariffs. Canada is implementing the tariffs in a highly targeted manner to hit the red US states as hard as possible, while Democratic states remain virtually unaffected. In doing so, Canada is opting for import tariffs on products that it also produces itself, or that it can obtain elsewhere in the world. Furthermore, Canada now appears to be truly choosing the Gripen, and in doing so, the US is missing out on a multi-billion dollar contract.

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