Summary
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing to restart stalled trade talks with the U.K. as Canada seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S. amid Trump’s trade war.
While Trudeau secured a temporary delay on U.S. tariffs by agreeing to border security measures, uncertainty remains.
Talks with the U.K. broke down last year over agricultural disputes, but Canada sees renewed negotiations as beneficial for trade diversification.
The Canadian dairy cartel is a major obstacle unfortunately.
It would be easier to make free trade agreements with other countries if we had free trade within our own country.
‘Make America Great Again’ makes Brexit great again!
The UK needs this, but Kier doesn’t seem too keen on totally removing his lips from Trump’s diseased orange ass
100% we won’t see Starmer engaging with this whilst Trump is dithering. And why should he? Canada turning to us after being spurned by America isn’t a good look. Especially as we would then risk the orange one’s wrath
It isn’t a zero sum game. A trade agreement didn’t work out in the previous geopolitical/economic environment. Things have changed. Canada is feeling vulnerable and that potentially leads to a better deal for the UK. Simultaneously, the UK can cozy up to Trump as much as they want.
You’ll probably get the wrath anyway. It’s a matter of time. Best to plan.
Well you can see he hasn’t yet done a huge amount in Europe at all. Including Ukraine, which he once boasted about solving day one. I suspect due to no right wing parties in UK, France, or Germany he lacks enough leverage to actually do much. In addition, the US tech markets are almost wholesale extracting wealth out of the EU with their services and guess who is his right hand man?
He may well fuck this all up yet, or run out of culture wars BS with his current neighbours, and so turn his view to Europe. But he’s also old, how much bandwidth does he have to deal with it too? Palestine, South Africa, Mexico, Canada - and that’s just this week! Isn’t he supposed to be making America great again?
No right wing parties in Germany? I wish. Luckily, musk seems to be driving people away from afd (though bsw and fw are still problematic af), but I’m not holding out hope that they’re not just staying quiet out of shame. I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.
Edit: I can’t believe I forgot about the cxu, which is historically the most popular party and getting ever friendlier with the far right.
I mean there’s no right wing party in Canada either. The one we had has lost serious momentum over this.
He doesn’t joke. He said tariffs are coming for Europe and they will. Canada 51st state isn’t a joke.
To be honest Canada’s feeling pretty alone and abandoned by the international community. Other allies should also be standing up to this nonsense. This isn’t how we all stand up to bullies.
I don’t think it’s a factor about him being old. He’s a figurehead. It’s the tech bro billionaires and ghouls he’s putting in place to operationalize their own plans. This includes dismantling democracy. That’s not just going to stop with the US.
They’ll be coming at you guys soon enough. Best to figure out which side you’re on.
