Canada

I'm trying to decide what black market US goods are going to be the most profitable, asides from guns. Bourbon maybe?

I'm down for it.

There is a little buzz that Trump is going to back pedal in a day or two, which would be hilarious. But I think we keep the pressure on even if he does.

None of this back and forth shit.

He's basically saying it now. He is calling his current tariff "reciprocal".

They should call it "The Free World Agreement".

Over here in the EU we still need gas and oil. I'd much rather import it from Canada than from Qatar or some other middle eastern dictatorship.

We're already doing that. EVERYBODY is doing that. every western nation is doing their best to cut America out of their trading deals. Donnie has seriously fucked America over.

Isolating a fascist power with the strongest military in the world doesn't work. Eventually they work up the balls to use it.

Every nation should be prepared for what happens when the purge of the US military and government is complete and only loyalists hold power.

it's drumpf and incredibly stupid, so my bet is on yes.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114105388432604284

Millions of Americans, being too dumb or unwilling to grasp this

Reports from people who know him, Trump is one of these people. He clearly doesn't understand the process.

“I’ve been in the room when it’s been explained to him, and he doesn’t understand it, but he likes tariffs,” Bolton said.

No, because Canada's economy will collapse long before the US economy if each side just keeps increasing tariffs. What Canada needs to do is make things cheaper for Canadians, not more expensive.

Take any law related to US intellectual property and decriminalize that.

Violating the copyright on Hollywood movies? Go for it. No charge.

Something you want to do is covered by a patent held by an American? Do it, you won't be prosecuted.

Want to bypass DRM on a tractor, a printer, an iPhone, sell or give away tools to allow anybody else to do it? Feel free.

The biggest advantage of this approach is that if the US did the same thing with respect to Canadian IP, they'd have so much less to work with. The US has geared its economy towards producing IP, and then used trade deals to demand that other countries respect that IP or the US will put tariffs on their stuff. Well, clearly the US isn't holding up its end of that bargain, so fuck 'em.