Trump says the US would “save” $90 billion by cutting off trade with Canada 🥴
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But the US narrow merchandise trade deficit only exists because the US buys so much of its energy from Canada. Canada fuels American growth, supplying 99 percent of their natural gas imports, 85 percent of their electricity imports, 60 percent of their crude oil imports. thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-...
This story is a good reminder that, as much as we feel threatened by the U.S., we also have a growing opportunity to take advantage of how unattractive it’s making itself. www.thestar.com/business/fac...
Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities share.google/hPkdmu8KrLYM...
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Coupons are absurd. Stores inflate the price, then make you "earn" it back clip, scan, jump through hoops. If it's a real deal, just charge that price. Case in point: digital coupons. Now you need an app just to get the discount you were promised. Enough with the games. Just give me the deal!!
Hopefully people are starting to see that his purpose is to wreck everything. For oligarchs who concentrate record capital in chaos. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump says the US would “save” $90 billion by cutting off trade with Canada 🥴
Canada has the fifth largest amount of US treasury bonds. Ask American economic reporters this question. What would happen if Canada decided to sell all of their $459.6 billions of US treasury bonds all at once? What might happen to the American economy? ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-cen...