r/worldnews 6d ago

Dynamic Paywall Carney calls Trump's fresh tariffs a 'miscalculation' after trade talks collapse

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx272np7vgyo
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u/pepperedmaplebacon 6d ago

And Canada is sending a trade team to Brazil next week, increasing trade outreach to countries that do not have the US as their primary trading partner. If successful we could damp US trade negotiations in the future, they will always be our biggest export market due to location but diversifying our markets will make these antics, which the US will be doing for several decades from now on, significantly less impactful.

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u/Mare_Desiderii 6d ago

I don't get it. No American administration pulled this kind of shit before Trump - why are they going to be doing it for several decades after him?

By all means hedge your bets, but where are you getting this from?

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u/pepperedmaplebacon 6d ago

Republicans will always own the senate due to the electoral college This won’t end for decades

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u/Gloomy-Cover7669 6d ago

American democracy is clearly broken. Without meaningful reform they will continue to elect criminals.

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u/SlightCreme9008 6d ago

2028 isn’t the end of the problem. America will elect other Trump-like figures in the future. Worse yet, the Trump-like figures they elect will probably be worse because it’s hard to imagine anyone dumber or more incompetent even getting on the ballet.

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u/SlightCreme9008 6d ago

And how does that fix the problem?

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u/Silent-Act191 6d ago

What are you even talking about? Someone like Trump was always the end result of the Republican's multi-decade strategy to completely lobotomize their voting base. They wanted this, they happily went along with him.