It’s blatant extortion now.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 hours ago

    It’s as though Trump think’s he’s the first person in history to realise that canada has some nice things.

    If you have a $200b trade deficit you can just take over that country and then there’s no deficit.

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      19 hours ago

      There is no trade deficit. If you spend $200 at a grocery store, you do not have a trade deficit with that store. The US is free NOT TO BUY CANADA’S SHIT. Oh right the US are avaricious consumers who can’t live without their fucking brands and cheap Walmart garbage. They can’t go one second without.

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      Trade deficits are also often structured that way on purpose because the alternative is the smaller country not allowing any trade in from the larger country.