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Posted on 07/11/2025 6:08:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
It's another curveball in the Canada-US trade war - a new missive by US Donald Trump threatening an unexpected 35% tariff on Canadian goods starting next month.
It came as the two countries engage in intense trade talks meant to produce a new deal in the coming days, and what the latest tariff threat means for these negotiations is unclear.
But Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, is beginning to face questions over whether he is able to stand up to Trump and secure the fair deal for Canada he promised.
Carney won April's general election vowing to keep his "elbows up" in the face of US threats, leaning on a popular ice hockey metaphor used to describe an assertive and confrontational style of play.
But Canada's recent concessions to Trump appear to have yielded, to date, little result.
The latest came in late June, when Canada scrapped a Digital Services Tax (DST) it had planned to impose on big tech companies after Trump threatened to end negotiations over the policy.
The White House said that Canada "caved" to its demands, and the move prompted debate in Canada.
Canadian commentator Robyn Urback wrote: "Maybe Prime Minister Mark Carney's elbows were getting tired."
She said government's elbows up and down approach to negotiations so far could be characterised as a "chicken dance".
Meanwhile, Blayne Haggart, a professor of political science at Brock University, argued in a recent opinion piece in The Globe and Mail newspaper that: "Nothing about Carney's US strategy, particularly his pursuit of a 'comprehensive' trade and security agreement, makes a lick of sense."
Walking back on the DST has achieved "less than nothing", he said.
Still many are willing to give Carney more time, and polls suggest his government maintains strong support.
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Carney is a crony capitalist was boss of two central banks England and Canada.
He had to feed the red meat to the Leftist Dogs to get elected now its time to ‘move to the Center’.
Liberal Party really means “Liberal Capitalist Party” Canada still holds onto the 15 percent corporate tax Fox Business talking heads swooned over in my lifetime.
Maybe he’s decided Canada is shit out of luck without the US military.
“Some say” he’s backing down?
The tough guy rhetoric has disappeared. He’s been quiet as a mouse.
“Canadian commentator Robyn Urback wrote: “Maybe Prime Minister Mark Carney’s elbows were getting tired.”
No idea who Robyn is, but I like it....
https://images.app.goo.gl/T9ZWm
elbows up
pants down
bend over
here it comes
CACO ?
If necessary, Trump will smash Carney like a Bug.
Or without the “Golden Dome.”
“ Carney is a crony capitalist was boss of two central banks England and Canada.”
Yes.
And he loves and works for the Chicons just like you do.
As an aside, the USA should eliminate the corporate income tax.
Despite the far-left firestorm, let’s slash that tax.
Just see what happens and how the USA will attract herds of companies and investments without the corporate taxes, a federal tax burden that’s simply passed along to customers anyway.
Carney knew he was in trouble when PDJT told him in the White House that there is nothing Canada that USA can’t produce or buy elsewhere.
“Some say he backed down’’?
The totally mendacious little weasel Carney, “Mr. Elbows Up’’ folded like a cheap suit and Canada along with him.
Elbows Up, Pants Down’’.
Mike Meyers?
So this ‘’comic’’, who made a great living here in the US hates us too?
F him.
He can trade with the EU. But we know that the EU is protectionist so they're not going to open up their market to trade with Canada.
Carney was installed because that ridiculous effeminate Castro welp was seen as a crybaby joke and no longer taken seriously,
Like Starmer, Carney is intended to hamper, hinder and generally stall the USA and President Trump as long as possible until the WEF can get the USA back on track to supporting their coming CCP style totalitarian digital surveillance state.
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