His trade war with Trump is a handy distraction from unpopular and neoliberal domestic Canadian policies.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Disastrous Reign Will Cost You More Than $5,000
The war in Iran alone could easily cost more than $2 trillion.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cattle Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump
The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump’s makeup plans to placate ranchers are lacking in substance.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada Strikes Back
Ottawa paid a price to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Now the bet is that retaliatory tariffs plus the midterms force Americans to end meme-driven trade policy.
Posted inTAP
Why Are We (and Were We) in Vietnam?
The nation that defeated the U.S. 50 years ago now has the largest trade surplus with us of any nation.
Posted inTAP
How Trump Is Destroying Detroit
His takedown of the U.S. auto industry can’t be good for Republicans in Michigan either.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Trump Declared Economic War on His Own People
The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.
Posted inTAP
Canada Stands Up to Trump’s Illegal Tariffs
After the U.S. increased demands over the weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rightly concluded that deals with this president are a fool’s errand.
Posted inPolitics
The Senate’s Mad Dash to Pass Something Before the Midterms
It was a lot of sound and fury signifying next to nothing, as most of the bills the Senate passed and the ones it punted to September are doomed.
