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Originally Posted by supafamous
Carney's been explicit that the US trade deal stuff is his 3rd priority when it comes to the economy - it comes after resolving interprovincial trade barriers and finding new trade partners. The former, he believes, would more than overcome the GDP impact of the tariffs, the latter is finding redundancy from an unreliable trade partner.
He's been pretty pointed about how the relationship with the US has changed forever and I don't believe he's saying that just as talk, his POV is that we need to work with other nations.
He's not the only one who isn't making the US a priority - Brazil has 50% tariffs on them and they're moving on with life rather than trying to negotiate with the US. Why negotiate? Japan allegedly had a 15% agreement with the US a couple weeks ago (Japan said this was untrue) and now the US is saying it'll be 30%. It's total chaos with the US.
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Bro, do you even believe the bullshit you write?
Of course the US trade deal is their #1 priority. If he is incapable of reducing the tariff, its pretty bad news for the USMCA re-negotiation that is happening next year.
Mark "Teflon" Carney ran and won on the claim that he could deal with Trump. It was in the book you supposedly read. That was his only selling point. He was supposed to be experienced, calm under pressure, and apparently had a lot of strong negotiation skillz. If we are already throwing in the towel, what exactly were Canadians sold? His appeal was ability to manage the US-CANADA trade relations...walking away from our biggest trading partner isn't a strategy.