cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/33238139

President Donald Trump says 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250303202704/https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-b19e004dddb579c373b247037e04424b


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  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    Many of the cars MAGA buys are not made in the USA. They are going to go up 25%. Wait tell that sinks in.

    • Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Some car parts travel across the US/CAN border six to seven times. The price increase will be much higher than 25%.

      I wonder if it’s true that the US car production will grind to a halt within a week as some analysts say. That would be huge!

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      29 minutes ago

      They always have been, you should see the lease terms on some of these pavement princesses

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    7 hours ago

    He face reminds me of fried chicken. I’m vegan now. So it’s like the fried chicken my kids leave on the counter to dry rot naturally.

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    13 hours ago

    Super glad we put Trump in office so he could make Mexico pay tariffs and bring down food prices. Feels so good to be owning the libs.

    /fucking sarcasm

    /SMDH

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    14 hours ago

    I work for a company that has a lot of trade with both countries. Owners are already talking about the possibility of needing to raise prices to account for the tariffs. The plan appears to be to try to hold the line, but this well to do but family owned business can only hold that line for so long.

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      Keep prices the same but add a blanket 25% fee on any bill/invoice with a name like “Trump government fee”.

      If large corpos can do it for legitimate taxes they themselves should pay, there’s no reason companies can’t do the same for these tariffs.

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      12 hours ago

      Hell there are businesses already building a local stockpile of raw materials and part; been doing this for MONTHS. Other’s not accepting long-term contracts that might bankrupt them if they are caught having to fulfill them post-tariff.

      This all adds to the cost of doing business even if the tariffs never happen. Guess who pays since most everyone has to do it (read: there’s no competition when all the players pay the vig!)

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    14 hours ago

    Yeah … can’t take Turnip’s or America’s word for anything any more … it’s just a land of rage, anxiety, lies and stupidity … from it’s politicians and it’s people

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      8 hours ago

      visit to annexation of Alberta.

      There is 0% chance he will allow the oil/gas to stop flowing. The visit is just like his meeting with Zelensky. It’s to manufacture a reason for his aggression. Once the country is cut in half we’re divided and lose access to goods from both coasts. The eastern portion would be restricted to cheap goods from Asia except through him. Economically we’d take a huge hit, and it would be easy for him to mop up the remainders.

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        He’s coming to Alberta for a G7 meeting (possibly). And I wouldn’t be so pessimistic about the future - Canada is pretty unified in maintaining our sovereignty.

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      This Alberta visit… it gives me the same feeling i got before Zelensky’s recent visit to the white house. Too good of a showmanship moment not to stir drama. Anybody else sharing my concerns?