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Originally Posted by Traum

I love it when you only choose to selectively look at things.

It is estimated that up to 90% of goods exported from Canada can be CUSMA compliant. In the past, only ~40% of the goods exported to the US are covered by CUSMA, but that has increased to over 50% since the tariffs were announced.

There are costs to businesses to get their good CUSMA-certified, which is why some businesses had previously chosen to not go through with the certification process in the past bcos the tariffs were low enough that businesses deemed paying for those low tariffs were the cheaper and easier option. Now that it is no longer the case, businesses will have to adjust.

Most analysts agree that Carney's preferred solution is to negotiate some decent (trade) terms under a renewed CUSMA, and that seems to be happening. Engaging in on-going trade talks isn't doing nothing, but everyone knows that the problem with trade talk negotiations is -- Trump and the US have little intention to negotiate in good faith. So how do you negotiate with a party like that? And how would *you* (or your PP) negotiate with a party like that?

If Canada had made concession after concession as you claim, our supply chain management system would already have been dismantled and Quebec farmers up in arms, and our auto manufacturing, steel and aluminum, and soft wood lumber sectors would already have all folded.

It's like arguing with a flat earther