US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to “shut down” its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington’s ally to be absorbed into the US.

  • Darkassassin07
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    1 day ago

    Oh no! We’re going to make even more money on the electricity production you can’t easily replace; while we diversity our auto markets (we buy more than we sell, Hello EU + Chinese auto markets) and laugh at Ford+GM begging for another bailout.

    How many more times is America going to let their wannabe king shoot them in the feet?

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      1 day ago

      I would absolutely love if we could start getting more small European cars. American cars are just stupidly big for no reason

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        23 hours ago

        Ooh, that is a great side effect! We definitely need smaller commuting vehicles.

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      24 hours ago

      Chinese cars are subsidized by the Chinese government. Go for EU sized cars

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        23 hours ago

        Chinese cars also are extremely unlikely to meet Canadian quality and safety standards.

        That said, the SSybertruck got an exemption that needs to be revoked and fully tested.