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Prime Minister Carney says Canada and the U.S. working together, as pals, can help make America great. While the U.S. Commerce Secretary simply says we "suck." So, is Canada taking the high road to hell? Trade lawyer Barry Appleton explains why behaving like we're still great friends with our southern neighbours could lead us into a world of economic pain.

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[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

There is a very, very large gulf between "Systematic dismantling of Free Trade" and "100% Tariffs on everything tomorrow!" which is which is what you seem to be implying. You don't build Rome in a day. Not unless you want to see it burn tomorrow. If you want people to give you the benefit of the doubt, don't start by straw-manning their statements.