Northern Light
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Country of origin is expressly not proprietary.
How would one apply a tariff otherwise. The information has to be disclosed. The exact location does not have to be disclosed (street address) or the vendor name I suppose.
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Country of origin is expressly not proprietary.
How would one apply a tariff otherwise. The information has to be disclosed. The exact location does not have to be disclosed (street address) or the vendor name I suppose.
AlvinofDiaspar
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The art of spending so much time to craft a nonsensical answer that did everything but answer the damned question.
AoD
Northern Light
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An interesting hypothesis from David Rosenberg in the Globe on what the Trump team's game plan is with the Trade War.
www.theglobeandmail.com
One possibility he raises is the intentional move to take the U.S. out of being the world's reserve currency.
Such a move would de-value the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, which, up to a point, would make it a competitive exporter, though that may not be the motivation, if this is strategy being pursued.
Of note.....would be the potential effect on the Canadian dollar relative to its U.S. counterpart.
While parity+ seems unlikely in the near term..........there is a distinct possibility of a return to the .80c+ dollar which would make our exports to the U.S. less competitive and their exports to us moreso.
Something to watch.
Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ are a con – and investors are now waking up to his bigger ambitions
These are not really tariffs that are being imposed. These are actions aimed at completely eliminating the U.S. bilateral trade deficit with every country
www.theglobeandmail.com
One possibility he raises is the intentional move to take the U.S. out of being the world's reserve currency.
Such a move would de-value the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, which, up to a point, would make it a competitive exporter, though that may not be the motivation, if this is strategy being pursued.
Of note.....would be the potential effect on the Canadian dollar relative to its U.S. counterpart.
While parity+ seems unlikely in the near term..........there is a distinct possibility of a return to the .80c+ dollar which would make our exports to the U.S. less competitive and their exports to us moreso.
Something to watch.
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Monarch Butterfly
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Which countries are hit hardest by Trump’s reciprocal tariffs? Here’s the full list of nations on the U.S. president’s chart
From https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/which-countries-are-hit-hardest-by-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-heres-the-full-list-of-nations/article_5d5225e2-6963-4837-bd49-6e6be3699410.html
Here’s a full list of countries impacted by the new regime:
Internet Flooded With Penguin Memes As Trump Slaps Tariffs On Uninhabited Antarctic Islands |
I have seen estimates of over 3 million people participating in today’s Hands Off protests. Stunning pics of crowds across the country.
Northern Light
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On the one hand, that is encouraging............ yet...... that's less than 1% of the population. I don't think anyone expects 20% of Americans in the street.........but I still feel they need to pay attention to the French for how this is done, LOL.
5% of everyone in the street.....and a general strike that shuts down everything non-essential.
afransen
Senior Member
Most likely, the manufacturer reserves the right to source orange juice from a variety of countries rather than commit to only one source. Rather than explain, that, it is easier to just claim it is proprietary.
The only way to change this is to have regulations requiring the labeling of country of origin of significant ingredients.
It’s progress. They need to harken back to the 60s
And estimates have now risen to over 5 million
Some examples from Facebook
And this was a shout out to me from an American friend
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Admiral Beez
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Midtown Urbanist
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Seeing countries in Europe protest heavily this past few months for reasons much more benign compared to everything in the USA is a stark contrast.
I'm encouraged to see some movement finally for protests but I cannot help but feel the unease that this is still a minority of a minority and that the greater public is providing their consent to everything going on.
The problem is popular opinion of the great masses of United States folk. See below:
Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies
Our polling shows that Americans’ and Europeans’ attitudes towards each other are changing quickly
The POTUS is quite effective in shaping public opinion along certain issues. Another case was the great public shaming of President Zelenskyy in the White House back in March, and the resulting shifts in public opinion there:
History has taught that such demagoguery can be turned towards enemies home and abroad, and those protesting would be seemingly outnumbered based on the above, as great as the showing was today.
Laura Loomer did a post about how awful we Canadians are that is making the rounds. When challenged with facts that refute her claims, she says “thanks for sharing your truth”. No Laura, it is the truth, I.e., facts.
Blixtein
Active Member
What Trump is doing is basically an economic 9/11 that will put out of business tens of thousands of businesses in the US, maybe more, if this madness isn’t stopped soon. Injecting so much uncertainty into economy so rapidly is insanely reckless because it’s impossible to take into account all the second and third order effects that inevitably will happen. And to think that it’s just one person doing it all is utter insanity.
Admiral Beez
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To be fair, she’s just using the woke, left idea that everyone has their own truth rather than the facts. We can’t complain when a conservative shill uses the same.
Northern Light
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I don't like it from the left either.
Your truth is not a reasonable substitute for The truth.
Your perspective, may offer something different than someone else's.......
Your preference may also be unique.
Your facts ought not to be.
lenaitch
Senior Member
It's not an idea of the left or the right; it is a philosophy that is highly subjective. Someone may may believe in an all-powerful deity, and that is their truth, but it is isn't everyone's. Where it fails is when that 'truth' is held in the face of or in spite of objective analysis that disproves it or brings it into question; then it's just dogma.
In a liberal democracy, having a subjective, personal truth is fine; fill yer boots. Using it as a foundation to exercise power is dangerous.