Angered By Trump Tariffs, Canadians Say #BoycottUSA

[appalachiablue]

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Source: Newsweek

OTTAWA — Kelly Knight Craft’s first Fourth of July party as the new U.S. ambassador to Canada will be a decidedly lower-key event Wednesday night than recent Independence Day parties at the American embassy in Ottawa.

The guest list has reportedly shrunk to about 1,000 invitees, or about one-quarter of the attendees who flocked to the marquee summertime event of Ottawa’s diplomatic community under former ambassador and Obama-appointee Bruce Heyman.

Even some VIPs invited won’t be there this year, including Ottawa’s usually sociable mayor, Jim Watson, who says he is skipping this year’s soiree because he is “tired, like a lot of other Canadians, of the constant chirping and attacks of the president, whether it’s against the prime minister, against our steel workers, aluminum, cars, dairy products.”

“I think it sends a symbolic signal that I’m not interested in supporting an administration that is constantly attacking our economy.”...


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The tweets have not been restricted to Canada. But the biggest backlash against the Trump administration has come from the Canadian government when it imposed tit-for-tat tariffs against U.S. steel and aluminum, along with 79 other products — from pizza to ketchup — valued at $12.6 billion, which Ottawa estimates is the value of 2017 Canadian exports affected by the U.S. measures. Canada’s tariffs took effect, with symbolic timing, on the country’s July 1 birthday, Canada Day.

[sandensea]

1. One of the few countries with whom we still ran significant trade surpluses - Poof! Up in smoke.

Thanks a lot, Cheeto.

[appalachiablue]

2. What an 'accomplishment' Re our northern neighbor and ally. :(

[sandensea]

3. Canada must be getting tired of winning all the time.

But then, it's so easy with this merry bunch of morons.

[appalachiablue]

6. Canada is the best educated nation in the world, the only one

with more than half of adults college educated. Canada also has a national Medicare for all health system since the early 1960s thanks to beloved politician Tommy Douglas; it maintains a 35% unionization rate, is the No. 1 Middle Class in the world, and more.

Real special how we've managed to create friction with this friendly, respected neighbor nation...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kuttner-canada-trade_us_5b2fe8d7e4b0040e27443961
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142099157





July 1, CANADA DAY, Prime Minister Trudeau greets Canadians in Leamington. ~ HAPPY 151st BIRTHDAY, CANADA!

[sandensea]

8. Don't remind me!

My parents almost moved to Canada in '84, for work-related reasons.

Darn it!

[Squinch]

4. I agree with them.

[sheshe2]

5. I don't blame them at all.

[nwduke]

7. ...and our embarrassing leader

sucks up to Putin, Kim Jong Un, Duerte, Jinping, and Erdogan! The hero’s of this imbecile’s wanna be dictator! Sorry Canada! Hopefully we can begin to turn this around in November!

[BigmanPigman]

9. Canada and China are playing it smart.

They are mostly targeting products which are produced by companies that are pro-tRump.

[appalachiablue]

10. That is interesting to know, thanks.