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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs after Donald Trump confirmed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% on energy, set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Trump justified the move by linking it to fentanyl smuggling concerns.

Trudeau called the tariffs “unjustified” and imposed 25% tariffs on $155 billion in U.S. goods, with $30 billion effective immediately and the rest in 21 days.

He warned of price hikes and job losses in the U.S., arguing the move violates Trump’s own trade agreement from his last term.

  • venotic
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    2912 hours ago

    By the end of these 4 years, everyone will be jobless and prices will be unreasonably high. Wonderful.

    • @Magister
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      119 hours ago

      4 years? Do people really think that there will be mid-term election? and presidential one in 4 years? really?

      • Em Adespoton
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        87 hours ago

        I thought the point of all this was to ratchet up tensions so Trump could declare martial law and suspend democracy indefinitely.

        “We have always been at war with everyone but Russia and China….”

      • @[email protected]
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        37 hours ago

        Yes, elections are run by the states, not the federal government. Will red states have fair elections? Absolutely not.

    • @Anti_Iridium
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      2011 hours ago

      Just like, checks notes 96 years ago!