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You know America usually helps out countries that are at war or in shambles Venezuela is basically having a civil war yet you guys won't take any refugees.... But you took a bunch of Ukrainians in...

This is a TRADE WAR that legally takes money out of the Citizen's pockets of Canada and the United States ... Mexico, is a PUPPET of China This is designed by the W.E.F..

America is the undefeated MVP of two world wars, you think we’re afraid of a trade war with Canada. ???

The US is Canada’s biggest threat. This is war

One guy screwing up the world economy another looser keeping a war( Putin) going ? trump has no respect for Trudeau ( neither have most Canadians). But yes lets where all if this is going . At this point it’s more a hype about what trump announces . We can only react to it when it happens . For sure is that canada put to many eggs in one basket . For us the transport is short across the border but Europe would definitely benefit from our resources. The challenge is that trump is only in for 4 years , after his departure prices will stay up ,as history has proven .

I don't think the average viewer knows why the US is doing this. They're trying to combat illegal immigration and fentanyl as well as Mexican compliance with the drug cartels.\n\nThe reason tariffs are being used is because America is in a very powerful position when it comes to trade. The american economy doesn't rely on trade like Canada (67%), Mexico (73%) and China (37%). American trade accounts for only 24% of its massive GDP. if you removed all trade from america, it would still have larger economical output than china, mexico and canada COMBINED. yes. Combined. \n\nFurthermore, Canadian trade with america account for almost 80% of all trade in canada. A 25% increase would be absolutely devastating to canada. In america its about 13% so a 25% increase would cost more but it wont have any significant impact.\n\nNo doubt this tarrif war will cause far more problems for canada mexico and china than america. By a LOT. \n\nI dont think america is being selfish either. China does nothing to protect america from sending precursor chemicals to america to manufacture fentanyl. Canada facilitates illegal immigration and fentanyl into america with no accountability. And mexico is illegal immigrants by the MILLIONS and is literally working with the drug cartels. If they sort out those issues the trade war ends. \n\nI think america has every right to go to war to protect its sovereignty and its people.

There’s no World war 3 but Trade war is coming at the end ordinary people suffer the most. There’s nothing gonna do with the boarder it’s all about power this is brutal

Sorry not sorry, this is trade war, as you like it lol.

Smart world leaders know the ramifications of starting tariffs wars. They historically have never produced winners. Only \nlosers, because they hurt consumers on both sides. That’s \nwhy they are hardly ever used as weapons to settle disputes.\nWorld leaders as a result initiate dialogue over tariffs to resolve \ndisputes. We unfortunately do not have a smart leader at this time.

Trump is starting an economic war. The stupidest thing a president can do. A politician would never do something like that

This politics wars will starve and bankrupting normal hardworking decent people.

This is problem for the entire world this trade war is a act of war..trump.said America first and not the rest of the world

Canada exports 77% of their goods to the USA . They can’t win a tariff war .

We'll buy local goods, while Trump wages the dumbest trade war in history.

If the whole world is ruled by one government.. and presidents are just puppets .. this government orders every country to tariff the other reciprocally then simply the whole world gets taxed 25% and goes deeper into poverty as slavery … one year covid .. one year war … one year tariffs it’s like a chain of events all destroying the middle class

Trump is wild. Now he gonna make this war with his own neighboor and his allies. LoL

Drill baby drill. You know Canada is in trouble and scared when they start talking about wars and 911. Canadians should say goodbye to their free healthcare to start with. USA will just do fine without Canada.

China will profit from this economic war between US and Canada

die westlichen Staaten werden lernen faire bilaterale Verträge untereinander abzuschließen der Kick in die Eier durch Trump war der erste richtige und wichtige Schritt diesen Prozess zu starten

People dont understand what a trade war means for everyone globally. Not only do tariffs result in inflation, they also mean that businesses are either reluctant to invest or cant due to thin margins. Effectively causing a global slowdown. We're entering interesting times

Whose country need more those countries or U.S.A. And how much the trade deficit do they have with each other ? Are they ready for this trade war ? Who are most prepared for this trade war ?

Our GDP (approx. $28T) is nearly 14x that of Canada (approx. $2T). They won't win a trade war. The same goes for Mexico because they're GDP is the same size.

Canadians will be living like cave men in caves before this tariff war ends. The smart money is on compliance by Justine Trudeau Governor of Canada.

Nobody can beat USA in a tariff war because we have the biggest trade deficit with everyone. Simply we import more than export.\n\nY'all just gonna unleash more tariffs upon yourselves by making Trump mad. \n\nFor us it's a win-win. Either we get a balanced trade deal ⚖️ or we start making our own products.

F that. Canadians don’t need to retaliate. Mr Cheeto is a crooked old schoolyard bully and I for one don’t want to play his game. We need to do what’s best for Canadians - find other trading partners, develop manufacturing within our borders, etc. and above all be smart. \nSomeone will benefit from trade wars and it’s not going to be regular Americans or Canadians. This is just another way to squeeze the life out of regular citizens while the rich get richer.

A new war in North America is happening, and the winner is yet to be seen.

A lot of us Americans remember learning about the tariff wars in history class that ended up in deciding fair trade was the better route. I fear we’re about to learn the same lesson again…\n\nAs far as the drug trade goes apparently the GOV doesn’t spend enough time on the internet because the cartels are no longer just in Mexico they’re in the USA and in Canada. They have learned the Canadian border is a lot easier to cross and they can get into BC pretty easily due to relaxed immigration policies In Canada.. they probably don’t actually know where the drugs are coming from or where they’re being manufactured entirely. The cartels are probably a step ahead of them at the moment. \n\nI can’t believe the auto industry lobbyists were not instructed to go full send on the detriment of the opposite position taken from the NAFTA. The only thing I can see is auto sales are slumping and maybe they can blame this on the tariff policy for massive restructuring. \n\nI kind of understand wanting to negotiate with Mexico because they probably buy less American goods than Americans buy Mexican goods (drugs excluding) but I’m guessing Canada is a better customer of American goods than Americans are of Canadian goods. Why would you want to upset a good partner, customer, and ally!? It’s Beyond my comprehension…. If Trump was really smart he’d convince some factories to actually invest in Mexico with cooperation from the Mexican government investing in efficient transportation from the manufacturing sectors to the American border and the coasts for distribution. This would likely really help their economy and change the whole dynamic of all the things Trump has issues with. Fix it at the source not try to treat the symptoms.

Economy warefare is new way to war

Begun the trade war has

Nobody wins tariff wars, the consumers always lose

Trump started the trade war to redirect the attention from the aviation tragedies that he caused to the tariffs. \nPlease do not forget to keep the finger on the first killings of his second term. \nInformation about his role in the tragedies was coming out ,when he suddenly initiated the trade war.

?? This has nothing to do with borders. This is simply a war using money instead of weapons making all citizens on both sides poorer. This a question of power, of dominance not borders.

Can somebody explain me again why US declare war on Canada ? ??

Don't cheer on this, Canada will loose this commercial war.

?? Let the war “economic “ begin …

Trump is anti war/ anti Establishment but pioneer of Economic/Trade War...????anyways Best wishes to Trum's America &Canada of people/Mexico of circumstances from Pakistan ❤❤❤❤

Its a conspiracy to consolidate national wealth to the governments to get ready for upcoming world war.

Neither Mexico nor Canada can win a trade war with the United States.

This good reporting Dennis...but it's true both Zelensky and Putin are Dictators.... Zelensky has been brutal on freedom of assembly speech and has banned religious groups..Putin we can't even talk about it...they have both committed war crimes...there is no law that allows war crimes coz you defending your self...

So we are getting into a trade war because America wants Canada/Mexico to fix their immigration system, and thats too much of an ask?

But they should stop sending people into USA. People are allowed to cross both countries without any problem. This is like a war on USA.

Mexico and Canada won't survive trade wars with the US. They'll fold in a matter of months.

400.000 drug deaths are The biggest war.

American here. Please punish Trump for starting a trade war. He's already off to a rocky start and if prices go further up, it will decrease his popularity and put pressure on Republicans.

Way to start an uncalled for trade war, Trumpy.

Where are American leaders leading world to...seems global wars are around the corner...if USA doesn't stop DICTATORSHIP....

The U.S. has declared economic war on an ally and neighbor—a lion with allies and a small cat with Russia—at a time when China is expanding its influence worldwide. This is anything but smart, strategic, or based on common sense.

All this because the US cannot get it's fellow citizens and most vulnerable people the help they need with their addictions. Let's remember that the US has the biggest demand for illegal drugs in the world. Republicans love starting wars and not solving the root causes of problems. They never learn from their mistakes.

Let the trade war begin . USA 264 million barrels of oil reserves vs Canadian 167 million barrels

Both Mexico and Canada have fallen into Trumps trap, if you do not see it, let me explain. Trump has been pushing for more manufacturing at home, for more oil drilling and for more rare minerals mining. He can impose those tariffs and either Canada and Mexico agree, or the do exactly what they just did, think they can win a economic war with the United States. See, Trump gets what he wants either way, they don't cooperate, Trump gives huge tax incentives to companies to start producing here in the U.S. which will in turn reduce the price of everything for Americans, see, if you produce it here instead of overseas, Canada or Mexico, we can pish for a huge increase in overall production reducing the costs to consumers, since the products no longer have to be imported. Like i said, sometimes i don't think the left has any brains left.