Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Gormley: Canada outplayed on NAFTA
Saskatoon StarPhoenix ^ | August 31, 2018 | John Gormley

Posted on 08/31/2018 6:07:58 PM PDT by Candor7

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last
To: BobbyBelle

Thus is about 2 d’s: dairy and drugs.

And that second one is the biggie.

And why the Canadian government is squealing like a stuck pig.


41 posted on 09/01/2018 5:28:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla

Note to Canada: God willing, Trump is gonna be around for another six years. Grow a brain and deal.


42 posted on 09/01/2018 5:31:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: bert

If Canada wants to sign something even worse for them to keep the “NAFTA” named deal going, fine. If not, we’ll have 2 bilateral deals. Both are wins for the US.


43 posted on 09/01/2018 6:19:12 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Candor7

F Canada. Without the U.S.A. the only jobs in Canada would be for fur trappers and loggers.

Wait... in Socialist Can a da can you still kill animals and cut down trees?


44 posted on 09/01/2018 8:41:31 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mewzilla

Thus is about 2 d’s: dairy and drugs.

And that second one is the biggie.

And why the Canadian government is squealing like a stuck pig.


Can you give me a short explanation of what the problem is with drugs? I’m seriously trying to understand what the problem is but can’t get any answers here.


45 posted on 09/01/2018 10:10:45 AM PDT by BobbyBelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: faucetman

Trudeau has sh*t the bed on this NAFTA issue in Canada. He is trying to turn the people opf Canada against the USA in some kind of false Canadian nationalism. On this he is dead wrong , the only support he has on this is from the cross eyed , drooling leftists that support him in some of Canada’s cities.

Over 70% 0f the Canadian population lives within a hundred miles of the US/Canada border and Canadians actually love and envy the United States under Donald Trump, simply for the economic aspect and jobs which PDJT has brought to the People in the USA. Canadians want the same, jobs and a vibrant economy , which is under a socialist stranglehold between the federal and provincial governments where marketing boards set the price of eggs. dairy, fuel and lumber. Hell, Canadians pay more for lumber than their US counterparts do.

Canadians want this rigged economy to come to an end and bring in free market competition, so those who truly understand the economic issues in Canada support the President and his policies.


46 posted on 09/01/2018 10:28:49 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: BobbyBelle

Canada does not allow the importation of drugs from the USA unless the price is fixed by the federal government.Thats not free trade.

There has to be some quid pro quo over all.Canadians love cheaper drugs, but they should also open up their markets to tarrifed US goods in some other areas.


47 posted on 09/01/2018 10:32:23 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: bert

I didn’t know about the big NAFTA loophole until I read at Conservative Treehouse. Both Mexico and Canada have been wiseguys as far as encouraging and giving monetary and tax incentives to foreign manufacturers to set up shop to export mostly to the USA. And avoid tariffs under NAFTA cover.

A huge example is Nissan establishing a mega-factory in Agaus Calientes Mexico. Go look up on the internet. It is there. This factory makes Nissans for all of North South America but it largest market is the USA. These Nissan vehicles enter the US with zero tariffs due to NAFTA. This violates the spirit and intent of NAFTA when it was first setup and got running.
IOW if Nissan (and other foreigners) wants its products to not be charged tariffs then build factories here, not Mexico or Canada. Why should America operate a tariff free jobs program for Mexicans and Canadian workers?

Trump and his trade negotiators are going to close this two loopholes for Mexico and Canada. And make other adjustments too. Another large one is dairy products. We produce milk and cheese etc cheaper than Canada but Cnada has found ways of keeping them out. Canada protects its dairy farmers and dairy industry. Understandable of course but Trump will change this or will start punishing Canada w tariffs.


48 posted on 09/01/2018 10:38:02 AM PDT by dennisw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux

Nafta Crunch Caps a Pretty Dreadful Week for Justin Trudeau

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/08/31/nafta-crunch-caps-a-horrible-no-good-very-bad-week-for-trudeau#gs.l4DD92s


49 posted on 09/01/2018 10:41:37 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

I didn’t know about the big NAFTA loophole until I read at Conservative Treehouse. Both Mexico and Canada have been wiseguys as far as encouraging and giving monetary and tax incentives to foreign manufacturers to set up shop to export mostly to the USA. And avoid tariffs under NAFTA cover.


I don’t know what Mexico does but Canada does not pay foreign companies to build factories in Canada.
Some very larges projects do receive tax breaks during construction and for a set time upon completion (3-5 years)
US corporate taxes are lower than Canada so there is no real tax benefit for building in Canada over the US.

As for dairy, Canadian farmers aren’t subsidized. American dairy receives 50% of there income through subsidy.
Canada does not charge the dairy tariff on US dairy unless we import more than 10% of what is sold in Canada. Last year we imported 730 million in US dairy and exported 112 million to the US. What’s not fair about that?


50 posted on 09/01/2018 12:43:12 PM PDT by BobbyBelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Candor7

If drug companies can’t get the price they want why would they sell to Canada?
Pharmaceutical companies spend more money on advertising than they do on research. Canada doesn’t allow drug advertising to the public so they save billions and are able to sell cheaper to the Canadian health board in bulk.
I realise that drugs are generally cheaper in Canada than the US but honestly that is the only product I can think of that we don’t pay more for than you do.
Cars, trucks, groceries, gas, clothes, books all things that we import from the US cost us more than you.
NAFTA has not helped the Canadian consumer.


51 posted on 09/01/2018 1:38:15 PM PDT by BobbyBelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: BobbyBelle

NAFTA has not helped the Canadian consumer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Exactly.

And I have to listen to the CBC, a federally subsidized radio and TV netwoek, spew CNN style propaganda about Trump and the USA 24/7. Most Canadians are consequentially uniformed.

Trudeau’s village idiot reaction to the hard place he put himself into is to create a false Canadian Nationalism which will eventually do nothing but screw the Canadian consumer, as you have truly said has been done for decades.


52 posted on 09/02/2018 5:51:24 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: BobbyBelle

I have to look more into Canadian dairy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Canada
Foreign automakers that have plants in Canada:

Chrysler Canada
Hino Canada
Honda Canada
Toyota Canada

“Honda Canada Inc. is the Canadian division of the Honda Motor Company. Founded in 1969, Honda has been building cars in Canada since 1986 in Alliston, Ontario and head office in Markham, Ontario. Since 1964, Honda has been committed to lessening the environmental impact of their business.”

Toyota Canada
Since opening in 1988, TMMC has built more than 6 million vehicles[7] for Canadian and U.S. consumers with the vast majority (approximately 4.6 million) being exported to the United States. In September 2003, TMMC’s Cambridge facility was expanded and became the first Toyota plant outside Japan to manufacture a luxury vehicle Lexus RX).

********Trump wants them to be charged tariffs Same for foreign auto parts manufacturers

i


53 posted on 09/03/2018 10:34:02 AM PDT by dennisw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson