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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (76803)	6/11/2018 6:11:52 PM
From: Intrepid1	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 358715

The dairy tariff is what it is --- 290%. are you challenging that number? I understand the tariffs are there to protect the Canadian dairy industry from being overwhelmed by cheaper dairy exports from the US. My point is there are better ways to deal with these issues than for Trudeau to publicly scold President Trump. That is a dangerous strategy to choose just to win votes in next year's federal election. I also agree with many on this thread that the President has mistakenly chosen to single out Canada with regards to trade surpluses. As mentioned by another poster, Canada enjoys a trade surplus with the US, whilst the US enjoys a current account surplus with Canada. I believe Trudeau has dangerously chosen to piss of the president but at the end of the day, cooler heads will prevail and this nascent trade war will be but a bad memory. MACA - Make America Canadian Again - War of 1812 Canada invaded the US and burnt down the White House.

To: bentway who wrote (76803)	6/11/2018 10:20:06 PM
From: Intrepid1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 358715

She's Canadian and explained the milk tariff's perfectly The huge dairy tariff is in place solely to protect the Canadian dairy industry from a vastly more efficient US dairy industry. That is why the tariff is at 270%. If the US dairy industry is allowed to compete in Canada on a level playing field, Canadian dairy prices will drop dramatically and many marginal Canadian dairies will go out of business. The tariff is protectionist and flies in the face of NAFTA. But Canadian Cheddar tastes way better than US cheddar.