Tariffs - the most beautiful word in the dictionary

Pinball1970 said:
A piece on Carney who is set to meet Trump.
Carney should be no pushover and I hope is not with Trump or that snivelling little toad Vance.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mark Carney to meet Donald Trump for first time as trade war frays US-Canada relations

Donald Trump imposed a swathe of tariffs on Canada and repeatedly threatened to make the country the 51st US state.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Worth checking out Carney credentials and previous posts, like I said and Economic heavy weight.

en.wikipedia.org

Mark Carney - Wikipedia

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Indeed . Mark Carney will be a challenge to trump . Like none trump has ever had .
 
geordief said:
Why does this piece on the CNN site make the claim that the deficit between US and Canada is "tiny"?

Are they not giving credence to Trump's asssertion that "trade deficits" are a cause for concern in the first place?


"The reality is that our trade deficit with Canada is  relatively tiny"
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From the report I've linked below, the trade deficit in 2024 was c.$85bn CAD. That's about $60bn USD. As far as the Canadians see it, anyway. And when you include services.
From the US pov, their figures suggest an even smaller deficit, of c.$45bn USD. None of the reports I've seen seem to know where Dumpty is getting his $200bn (or is it more?).

E.g. https://economics.td.com/ca-canada-us-trade-balance
Basically Dumpty is exaggerating at best, lying at worst, and not really understanding what it is he ends up saying.
 
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