Posted on 03/12/2025 12:14:00 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Former Trump Senior Economic Adviser Stephen Moore told Newsmax on Wednesday that the United States might be in for "a little rough sledding" over the next few weeks, when it comes to President Donald Trump's tariffs, but they will ultimately bring about "freer and fairer trade."
"I'm an old-fashioned free trade guy and I've always believed in the kind of [former President Ronald] Reagan vision that North America should be one big free-trade zone," Moore said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America." "Trump did negotiate a good trade deal in his first term, the [United States-Mexico-Canada] free trade deal, so I'd like to see this skirmish come to an end.
"But Trump has a point: Why is it, if we have a free trade deal with Canada, that they're charging over 100% tariffs on some of our agriculture goods, our dairy products? That doesn't sound like free trade to me. I was shocked when the White House showed me some of these numbers of what Canada is charging the United States."
In a Tuesday interview with Newsmax, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that high Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods are due to the trade deal Trump negotiated with Canada and Mexico during his first administration. Ford defended Canada's trade policies, rejected accusations that tariffs are unfair, and stressed the close economic relationship between the U.S. and Canada.
Moore said that Canada "is going to have to bring those tariffs down" because "they need to trade with the United States."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Moore is either ignorant or being dishonest on his take on dairy in Canada. The US has plenty of tariffs already - softwood lumber being one of them.
Other countries have been royally screwing the US on trade for multiple decades.
With the cooperation of the uniparty.
Worldwide reciprocal tariffs are the solution.
People who buy imports hardest hit.
Watching these people freaking out about the possible economic impact of the tariffs.
None of them gave a tinker’s damn about shutting down the entire economy for a year and more over a glorified flu.
You can’t have free trade with Mexico involved. Canada and US should have a “common market”, but no Amero or North American Union.
Yep, they are idiots.
True.
my instincts are that we need to rectify our trade with Communist China a whole lot more than that with Canada
this could improve USA’s security/ defense posture, too
Yes, ... it’s gonna be harder, Communist China Owns so many Americans.
The motor vehicle trade needs to be internationally finanacially balanced, mainly by intracompany barter - say Ford USA made moters in exchange for FOrd Mexican parts.
If you buy a $45,000 car at your local dealer, not one of your dollars should leave the country.
I’m in favor of a blocked currency.
I understand Great Britain had a blocked currency prior to Thatcher.
India has a blocked currency. When Russians sell oil to India, they have to buy Indian goods and services or their rupees sit in an Indian bank.
“The US has plenty of tariffs already - softwood lumber being one of them.”
I believe it is because the royalty paid for the privilege of chopping down trees on provincial land is considered to be too low.
[numbers below made up]
If say an Oregon landowner typically charges 30 cents a board foot and British Columbia charges say 8 cents a board foot and BC transport costs are 9 cents more, then the BC royalty rate is 13 cents too low.
Stuff that can be made by automatic machinery should be made in the USA.
Some engineer can Walk down the aisle of a Walmart and a Home Depot and make a list for Uncle Sam.
That’s really getting into the weeds of it, and I am not sure if that reflects reality. The industry always complained in Canada that the stumpage rates were too HIGH.
Yes, communist China is an economic power and it has so many moles, spies, agents in America from all accounts.
Campuses. Media. Corporate
It will take a genuine effort to clean up
The free ride is over is right... and it’s about damn time.
I tend to distrust bureaucratic enforcement of multiple detailed special situations.
It is easy for an operative to make Red Tape do what it wasn't supposed to do. I distrust Bureaucrats.
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.