President Donald Trump has announced a 35% baseline tariff rate for Canada on all imported goods not currently covered under the soon-to-expire USMCA trade agreement.
“Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its own Tariffs,” President Trump shared on Truth Social. “Starting August 1, 2025, we will charge Canada a Tariff of 35% on Canadian products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”
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As noted by President Trump in his remarks during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to the White House, Trump plans to renegotiate the USMCA and end the trilateral agreement in favor of two bilateral trade deals.
During the oval office meeting President Trump said, “as you know [USMCA] terminates fairly shortly. It gets renegotiated fairly shortly.” Then the biggest statement, “this was a transitional deal, and we’ll see what happens, we’re going to start renegotiating that”… “I don’t know if it serves a purpose anymore.” …. “And the biggest purpose it served was, we got rid of NAFTA.”
President Trump is going to exit the trilateral USMCA in favor of two distinctly different bilateral trade agreements between the U.S and Mexico; and the U.S and Canada. The only consideration now is the timing. President Trump is 100% focused on the BIG ECONOMIC PICTURE; it’s not about the politics, it’s all about the economics.
♦ BACKGROUND – Following the 2024 presidential election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Mar-a-Lago and said if President Trump was to make the Canadian government face reciprocal tariffs, open the USMCA trade agreements to force reciprocity, and/or balance economic relations on non-tariff issues, then Canada would collapse upon itself economically and cease to exist. In essence, in addition to the NATO defense shortfall, Canada cannot survive as a free and independent north American nation, without receiving all the one-way benefits from the U.S. economy.
To wit, President Trump then said, if Canada cannot survive in a balanced rules environment, including putting together their own military and defenses and meeting their NATO obligations, then Canada should become the 51st U.S state. It was following this meeting that President Trump started emphasizing this point and shocking everyone in the process. However, in the emotional reaction to Trump’s statements, no-one looked at the core issues outlined by Trudeau that framed President Trump’s opinion. {BACKGROUND HERE}
Oh Canada
35% seems kind of low considering Canada can’t exist greater than 3rd world without the U.S. carrying them on our back.
The US has been carrying Canada on its back? What is this based on? Do you have anything to back that up?
The US/Canada trade relationship has been every bit as good for the United States as it has been for Canada. Check out my post with the facts to back up my assertion
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/07/11/president-trump-announces-35-percent-baseline-tariff-for-canadian-goods-not-covered-under-usmca/#comment-11936805
Grok, when did you change your name to Kevin?
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Since 2000, Canada has had a trade surplus with the U.S. of between $40 and $100 billion annually.
This means that Canada has purchased less from the U.S. than we have from them. Normally this is due to their markets being closed to us and ours more open to them.
This is an unfair unsustainable relationship.
Do you realize that the only reason for this surplus is oil purchases from Alberta?
Do you realize that the oil we Canadians sell you is at a steep discount that has ranged from $13-$50 a barrel under the prevailing price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)?
Do you realize that the US import of cheap Canadian oil helps to subsidize the US export of its sweet crude at a big premium?
Would you rather buy oil from the Saudis instead? How about Iran or Venezuela?
The trade deficit with Canada is relatively small compared to the total trade, and understanding the reasons behind it reveals that it’s not a bad thing. The culprit is cheap oil from Canada that is only good for Americans.
For those who still have a problem with this minor deficit, I have good news. After years of opposition to building pipelines east, west, and north, so that Canada could diversify markets for our oil and gas, there is full support in Canada for building pipelines so that, in the not-too-distant future, Canada will be shipping its crude oil and LNG gas to Asia, Europe and most importantly to Canada’s east coast that still depends on oil imports from the United States.
Canada’s oil is dirty and much lower quality than other sources of oil and takes significantly more effort and costs more to refine.
The price is so much lower because of the so much lower quality not because Canada is being friendly. Let someone else refine that tar.
If anyone else was willing to purchase thelow quality product from Canada, then they would be doing so already.
Those are quite important details that conveniently got left out!
A small correction is needed, in your statement, the oil from the oil sands tends to be heavy crude exactly the same crude as comes from the Los Angeles basin and Venezuela. The oil from other Canadian sources including Alberta is medium grade, almost exactly same as your Texas crude. The stuff from Venezuela you pay full price as do the California product.
If you want to get more specific you should talk of crude prices in terms of higher the API specific gravity and the lower the Sulfur content the higher the price per barrel. Venezuela has extra heavy low API high sulfur crude and higher API lower sulfur sweet crude.
The oil of Alaska is pure gold
This is speculation on my part but western Canadian crude is mostly Syncrude originating from tar sands. Syncrude then gets refined in refineries that have been equipped with operational units to process this lower quality crude. Several refineries in the US were configured to handle Syncrude since they had invested in Venezuela to build heavy oil upgraders to produce Syncrude for export to the US. Four of these were built to produce a nominal 200,000 bpd each of Syncrude. After Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 he started his “revolution” and eventually seized control of the extra heavy oil upgraders. They all fell in disarray and stopped major production. At one point Venezuela was buying gasoline from Brazil for example. So Canada benefited from Venezuela’s policies. Eastern Canada refineries are incapable of refining Syncrude without major modifications that are extremely costly. Why do Canadians pay so much more for gasoline at the pump than the US?
Nobody said that Canada sells crude cheaply because they are trying to be generous to the United States and that is a foolish argument. This is a business relationship between the USA and Canada and has nothing to with generosity on either side. Both sides benefit equally from this trade and that is why it has developed to the extent that it has. The USA is not buying a finished product from Canada. They are buying a natural resource and making a lot of money from it. It also produces US jobs and US taxes.
Your argument contains this quote:
“Nobody said that Canada sells crude cheaply because they are trying to be generous to the United States and that is a foolish argument.”
Kevin 2024 seems to have said something mighty close to what you said nobody said:
“Do you realize that the oil we Canadians sell you is at a steep discount that has ranged from $13-$50 a barrel under the prevailing price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)?”
These quotes do not align…..
what Kevin said about the oil trade was the truth. The US is getting Canadian crude at a great price and makes a lot of money processing it and selling it. This is why they buy it. Canada is also able to make a good profit selling their crude. It is a mutually beneficial trade relationship and it has worked well for both sides of the equation. It is not Canada taking financial advantage of the United States. The oil trade is the reason for the deficit and it exists because the United States has high need for oil and processing Canadian crude makes them more money than getting the crude from somewhere else. If oil is taken out of the deficit equation then the deficit exists on Canada’s side.
The point is that this is a business arrangement with mutual benefits. Trying to say that deficit means Canada is taking financial advantage of the United States is just not true.
You are correct on that front. Your fellow citizen on the other hand is out of hand. As from Alaska to Texas, America has vast untapped but known wells that have long been cordoned off with red tape galore
Then you will be able to fully fund your own national defense with an effective military instead of essentially relying on ours.
…….and you can stop being a pass through for cheap Chinese goods to us.
……and you can rebuild your own heavy industry again.
As was posted in response to you by Lucky Day:
“Canada’s oil is dirty and much lower quality than other sources of oil and takes significantly more effort and costs more to refine.
The price is so much lower because of the so much lower quality not because Canada is being friendly. Let someone else refine that tar.
If anyone else was willing to purchase thelow quality product from Canada, then they would be doing so already.”
You didn’t include these points in your argument.
It makes your argument appear very, very deceptive.
And that “minor deficit” as you called it of 40-100 billion annually since 2000?
You would not call it that if your country was the one on the other side of the imbalance.
And why do Canadians pay $4.60 per gal of gasoline vs half that in TX? I corrected at $CA1.37 per liter and a 1.37 exchange rate. I paid $3.02/gal at Sam’s in Houston for 93 octane gas on Monday. Now over $5/gal for 91 octane in SoCal.
It is true that Canada needs to up their defence spending and I am all for this. But Canada even at top defence spending will not be enough especially with a reduced economy. The US defends Canada because it is in their best interests to do so. This is not generosity of the United States to Canada.
“The US defends Canada because it is in their best interests to do so. This is not generosity of the United States to Canada.”
Thank you for recognizing the US defends Canada.
Has not Canada taken advantage of this to reduce their own military spending?
Is it not also in the best interests of Canada to defend the US?
Flipping your argument makes it fall apart….
Is it not the case that all of NATO uses your argument to avoid their own military spending?
Did they not all go NUTS when Trump insisted they meet their obligations, which are much smaller than ours?
True. Canada has taken advantage in the area of defence. I just don’t believe the deficit proves that Canada is taking advantage of the US. Not when you look at the details. China is definitely taking advantage of the United States. But we aren’t China. Trump is blocking the loopholes that were exploited by Canada being a pass through for Chinese goods.
I also agree that Canada needs to dump China and align with American interests because they are our interests too.
Here’s the thing…. during President Trump’s NATO visit, his speech about 5% of the GDP did not include Canada. Instead he recognized that there were some countries that would require a maximum of 3% of GDP spending and Canada was in that realm. 3% defense spending should not be a problem for any first world country
Okay…. I might have screwed up on this statement…. I think I crossed up countries
My bad… sorry
The only reason the United States defends Canada is because is because it’s in their best interests to do so. They don’t want to share their longest border with an enemy controlled country.
i agree that Canada needs to up their military and has not been contributing their fair share and certainly Canada takes advantage of the United States when they do this.
The tariffs stop the cheap pass through of Chinese goods and rightfully so.
We do need to rebuild our heavy industry and I hope a failing economy will push Canada in this direction and that we stop all the climate change nonsense.
“there is full support in Canada for building pipelines” … amidst Carney’s Green-worship? Good luck with that. I’ll believe that when we see concrete plans and timelines.
Yep, just B.S. from Carnage..
Few know, because of our lying media that a main reason for us never having an W to E pipeline is that “ Big Interests” back east own refineries and tankers out east 😟
Irving’s?
And others…Cheers!
All of the above comments are good, including Kevin’s.
The left has divided the world sharply, and done all possible to avoid rational debate.
I have long advocated ( just an average US citizen with no voice) for P.S.D.s. Presedential Sponsoreed Debates.
Once a month and put on by the President.
This is badly needed IMV. Also President Trump should do bymonthly fireside chats to articulate his policies and address critics public assertions. All President’s Should. President Trump is far more accessible then Biden or Obama, often facing hostile media, yet the nature of those interactions is not particularly conducive to rational discussion.
Agree
That is a great idea. Mainstream media was supposed to be filling this role but they have been taken over by socialists. The information, ideas and concerns need to be able to be expressed on both sides. Free speech. Debate. Dialogue.
Won’t happen.
The MSM most especially our CBC would edit parts out, or not air it.
Goodness me the U.S. MSM is evening ignoring mass assaults on ICE.
It would be aired. If the left refused to debat, they would look cowardly. I would put the debate on anyway. Simply supply fill ins to express their viewpoints articulated on any issue.
Note, I said Presedential Sponsoreed Debates. The world would watch.
Maybe Canada should start selling their tar product around the world and then meet their NATO spending obligations?
Canad’s government will not allow pipelines to be built. But the economic pressure may change that.
Not likely…environmentalist extremists, Native Bands, Leftist politicians and the economics make for a long haul.
details….details….LOL
the bottom line is that Canada has been ripping off the US for decades.
and, yes, our politicians have allowed it
but, cheer up! You are not alone.
Many countries have been ripping the American taxpayer off
Those pipelines will cost; where are you going to come up with the money? Oh, and where are you going to place those pipelines? I would suggest you don’t endanger American water resources…
Oh, and will you be using cheap Chinese steel for those pipelines? They are prone to rust you know, and your oil is a bit corrosive.
The OTHER side of that equation is that Canada is NOT buying products from the US. Why is that….
Because Canadians are too poor.
Canadians do buy from the US. If you remove oil from the deficit then the deficit switches to Canada’s side.
The real enemy of Canadians and Americans is Canada’s infiltration by globalist EU type government policies. The economic pressure Trump is putting on Canada is making it harder for Canada to continue on that path. I am all for this if that is what it takes for Canada to lose their penchant for liberal socialism. Tough love.
A little, but China and India are where the real money comes from.
This British Columbian
and President Trump supporter is well aware that a significant number of fellow Canadians are snivelling and ungrateful.
Goodness me man we have been governed by psychopaths or fools for decades.
W.T.F. was that weirdo King😂 Charles doing being invited to open our parliament 🤮
We as a nation have the largest undefended border in the world..thanks to…
You guessed it!
The U.S.A.
Back in 1987 I took my team from Anchorage to Bangor Maine to check out the first over-the-horizon-backscatter-radar operations center built for President Reagan’s Star Wars initiative. We were greeted at the entrance by a major in the Canadian Air Force. I wondered how much Canada’s contribution was to that effort? That program was key to getting Gorbachev to dismantling the USSR.
Canada in reality does not have a military.
All by design Trudeau senior was instrumental in its demise.
Haha.
We haven’t even started yet, and are only considering it because President Trump pushed Carney the climatologist 😂
We are broke man! Real Estate values are imploding in Toronto and here in Greater Vancouver.
We have at least a four year oversupply of Condos alone in Toronto.
Out here..Condos unless great value, or desperation sales are anemic.
A talked to a friend just yesterday..three years ago he put a 150K deposit into a presale 3 years ago.
Still not completed…the entire 150K may disappear. 😟
You need another migration of wealthy Iranians (late 70’s/early 80’s or Chinese from Hong Kong (late 90’s to early 2000’s). That pumped up VCR’s real estate quite a bit didn’t it?
Massively…savvy folks knew this.
The majority actually believed their sixty year old tired bungalows were bought thirty years ago for 200K were now really worth 2,000,000 K.
Geesh!
That is one thing Trump did that I found hard to understand….endorsed Carney. But maybe it’s true what he said about Carney being easier to deal with. I believe that EU politics are the enemy and Carney is part of that. Poilivre is not perfect but better than Carney. I think it will take the kind of radical approach Trump uses to shake Canada out of liberalism. I know that Trump entire focus is on the US and what is going to strengthen and promote the US He is not doing anything for Canada and will not unless Canada changes in it’s political agenda to come into line with the USA. I am all for this. I want the US to be the top military and economic country in the world. Much better the US than China. I think Trumps policies even though they primarily empower the US above other countries will ultimately benefit the world. He fights against the real enemy. He does it for America’s sake and no one else but the enemy is Canadas enemy too. So Canada eventually benefits too.
There is no Canadian oil. The oil belongs to the people of Alberta.
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Lol. Canadian extremely low grade oil isnt discounted-that is its worth in international markets. PLUS it can predominantly be refined only in US refineries. if US didn’t take off your hands it would be practically useless. You have good hockey though…
True and easily proveable if you take the time to research it.
Well said
Do YOU realize that the only reason you have been led to believe that the US “needs” Canada’s petroleum products is solely due to the climacrazies that has hamstrung drilling in our country just to appease the euro extinction rebellion while simultaneously using the “green deal” bull crap to launder more money stolen from American taxpayers?
Footing 60% of the bill for the Euro’s and the snow Mexicans, only to hear them brag about socialized medicine while simultaneously trashing the very real working class that winds up paying for far more than we bargained for gets old after a hundred years
Nice. I double checked recent numbers and in 2023, the Canadian surplus was $108 billion and last year was $102 billion.
yes, and take your money out of BMO and TD banks.
we allow these canadian banks to operate in the US
Canada does not allow US banks to operate in Canada
Like Wells Fargo, which is well established in Canada?
perhaps I misspoke – but, generally speaking, US banks are not in Canada
American banks are allowed to operate in Canada but the banking laws in Canada are stricter so it’s harder to operate here. Citibank has been here for awhile and JP Morgan Chase is here. I’m not sure what Trump means exactly about his claims. Canada’s strong banking laws helped them to weather the 2008 financial crisis. Anyway, I’m not against American banks operating in Canada if Canadian banks can operate in the US. As usual the situation can be more complicated than people realize at first glance. I’m not an expert on banking CA or US. Just offering some context.
Here is an excerpt from CBC.ca article:
“The regulations make it difficult for foreign competition to compete here, but they’ve also given Canadian banks a reputation for stability.
“The big difference between Canadian bank requirements and U.S. bank requirement is the domestic stability buffer,” said Jie Zhang, a finance professor at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont.
That buffer — a kind of fund that Canadian banks must set aside in case of financial emergencies — helped our banking institutions stave off the worst pains of the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Zhang.
Canadians banks are required to set aside a larger percentage of these funds than U.S. banks do, and those compliance costs could be another factor that dissuades American-owned banks from operating in Canada.”
Kevin is right about the oil. Look into this. The information is easy to find.
not so and you know it
your post is for those without critical thinking skills
we on this site do not blindly follow
I did a little more research about the CA and US banking issue. It seems that America says it’s unfair that American banks operating in Canada face stricter laws in Canada than Canadian banks do in the US. This is true. Canadian banking laws are stronger than American banking laws but this also causes Canadian banking to be safer and more stable. Canadian banks in Canada must abide by the same rules as American banks operating in Canada. The competition is fair. In the United States Canadian banks operate under American laws. Also fair.
I don’t see a problem here. The argument that CA banking must operate the same as American banks means we would have to lower our standards. I don’t think that is a good idea.
i don’t see any advantage to either side. It’s true that American banks might have trouble establishing themselves in Canada because Canadian banks are established and trusted and most people don’t switch banks that easily. I’m sure Canadian banks operating in the US face the same issues.
It seems very clear to me that President Trump making the ’51st state’ to Trudeau comment was deserved. Canada cannot stand on its own two feet. It really can’t. Then, too, they won’t stop the illegal drugs (and aliens) coming over our border. Time to let them sink or swim.
That amount of fentanyl apprehended through Canada is quite small. Is that because it is very little, or possibly only very little is caught?
The dynamics of drug trafficking into the US are changing. The cartels are moving into Canada because Trump has made it much harder for them to use the southern border. The CA/US border is much easier for them to navigate. Canada has made some moves to restrict this activity by requiring travel visas for Mexicans to enter Canada and by designation many cartels as terrorists organizations. But it is a big problem. Drugs can enter Canada through the Port of Vancouver. The cartels are exploiting Canada’s openness to move their operations to the northern border.
personally I think both the US and Canada should focus their efforts on their money systems.
I disagree. I think Canada could stand on its own two feet if they dropped the socialist liberal crap and fully used their resources. Canada cannot compete with the United States and it’s ridiculous to even suggest it. A country of 40 million people cannot compete with a country of 335 million people. But there can be a relationship with mutual benefits. That would be the ideal. However, it can only happen with a radical change in Canadian politics and government.
When Trudeau said that Canada would not able to exist he would be referring to his idea of Canada, which is the same as the WEF ideology. Canada can’t afford climate change, socialism unrestrained immigration and too much regulation. But if Canadian governance changed and did many of the same things Trump is doing in the US Canada could thrive too.
How come you didn’t mention Canada’s tariffs on US milk, copper, wood products?? We are tired of paying for your socialist leanings, Trudeau, green energy farce—pay for it yourselves.
These socialist policies without the US paying huge tariffs, etc. to other countries
should be in some hurt. However, leaders in other countries believe in these policies
and might not be in favor of eliminating them to shore up their economic books.
President Trump might hope they come to their senses, however, I see these
politicians inflicting more hurt on the little guy.
You are wrong about this. If you take energy out of the trade deficit then the deficit is actually on Canada’s side. We import more than we export. If you look solely at the energy trade between the US and Canada the US highly benefits from this trade. The United States buys cheap crude oil from Canada and processes it and makes a lot of money. There are, I believe, at least 4 oil refineries that have been retrofitted to handle Canadian crude. The pipelines are already in place. Canadian crude is different from crude from other places. These refineries would have to spend a lot of money to handle crude from other places plus new pipelines would need to built. This is why Trump only tariffs Canadian energy at 10%. He knows that American benefits from this trade just as much as Canada does.
i think the Canadian tariffs might have another purpose and the deficit is just an excuse. Canadian leadership and politics must change. China is getting its hooks into Canada big time. Canada’s politics and leadership are globalist and just like the EU. Economic pressure is the only way to put an end to it. It is the same way Trump is dealing with the EU. I am not against this. Canada’s real threat is from China and globalistic leaning government. I would rather see economic problems than see Canada continue on the liberal globalist path.
Lighter the crude (higher API) easier to process in a refinery. Likewise, lower the sulfur less costly to refine. Tar sands are extra heavy (very low API and often high in sulfur). Tar sand crude is cheap to buy but has a much higher cost to refine and produce transportation fuels.
True but America still makes money refining Canadian crude or they wouldn’t be buying it.
Now, what was it that Barrack Obama once said……?
“Elections have consequences.”
Yes. Yes they do.
If you could only see my smile right now!
I can see it, mine is the same.
Broc Obamanation also had “fundamental change” in his repertoire. I had trouble wondering why someone wanted that big of a change to the best country in the world. Then I found out he was just another foreigner, from Kenya! Big Mike was also questionable!
My daughter was a high school senior when Obama campaigned on “Change”. She and her friends joked that it an acronym for “Come Help A Nigg*r Get Elected” which I thought was pretty intuitive of them.
Canadian citizens turn on their leftist WEF government in 3,2, 1…
I wouldn’t bet on that. 3/4 of Toronto is either Muslim or Indian. And that figure comes from a Canadian i was loading beside in Sarnia, Ontario.
Canadian government has been a minority coalition of leftist parties for quite a while hasn’t it?
Carney’s party polls around 30-35% in elections. Those are the true believers. That number isn’t going to decrease much.
NDP is what puts them over the top.
Canada has been a government of coalitions at least since Pierre Trudeau.
That’s not true. Toronto is still mostly European ethnicity.
Don’t mess with my “Tuque Tuque”! (I’m aging myself)! 😉
I DID change the words to the song a bit. (and the nose)
Five golden tuuuuques.
Four pounds of back bacon
Three French toast
Two turtlenecks
And beer…..
…in a tree!
Beauty, eh?
Been awhile since I heard that!
I saw a story today wherein some “new” Canadians attempted to cross the Alaskan/US border with huge numbers of boxes boldly marked “FEMA”, which made US officials suspicious…very. So they were opened.
Each box full of fentanyl.
Please don’t ask for a source. I saw this in a tweet, complete with pictures of the contraband and the Border officials.
Whatever measures and pressures President Trump brings to bear on the evil Carney must be done and not rescinded. I am hoping his time as PM will be remembered as the shortest in Canadian history.
F entanyl
E ntering
M erica thru
A laska
Clever…it would appear so.
Was the FEMA stamp legitimate? Are they involved with drug trafficking?
I doubt it.
That was one question. How did they get these boxes.
It could have been any one of those Democrat Senators who flew to El Salvador to cry over an MS-13 El Salvadoran gang member.
“Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
😂
😂
Who are calling the shots in Canada? Is it the Royal family, the Rothchild’s, or Lucifer himself?
All 3.
Do not mistake those for separate entities; all are one & one is all.
Yes, yes and yes.
The Unholy Trinity.
Add one more : Sorearse
Rand Paul will try and sabotage tariffs in senate and Massie in House @Elmo’s demands.
Elmo Musk hates our tariffs.
Watch them jump thru hoops to please their donor.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/june-budget-surplus/
The federal government posted an unexpected budget surplus in June, fueled by a sharp rise in tariff revenues and higher-than-anticipated tax receipts, marking a notable vindication for President Donald Trump’s economic strategy.
The $27 billion surplus reported Friday by the Treasury Department stood in stark contrast to forecasts for a $50 billion deficit, representing one of the largest upside surprises in recent budget data.
Monthly surpluses typically occur in April, when many Americans file their taxes. Surpluses are also common in January and September. A June surplus is highly unusual.
Much of the improvement stemmed from a 301 percent increase in tariff collections compared to June of last year. Customs duties totaled $27 billion in June, up from $23 billion in May and more than quadruple the $6.7 billion collected a year earlier. For the fiscal year to date, tariff revenues have reached $113 billion, an 86% increase over the same period in 2024.
Remember the Government fiscal year begins in October so this 86% increase includes 3.5 months of Biden where the tariffs were much lower! MAGA indeed!
Nice to see some progress on lowering the deficit! Go tariffs!
But remember that is only for the month of June. For the 1st 9 months (Oct. through June) of the 2025 Fiscal year , the deficit stands at $1.338 Trillion with 3 months left to go in the fiscal year.
35% is a little more than balancing out the currency difference.
I don’t see why Canadian product would not still be competitive with US goods.
Canadian products are already creeping up at the grocery store.
There are other tariffs as well — the issue for the Canadians will be with 1) resources/manufactured goods going to American factories (so the stuff on the shelves of your local market won’t take much of a hit, but supply line management is going to be in turmoil, so companies may take their business to the U.S. to avoid the tariffs…not so good for Canadian workers); 2) the Canadian dollar would need to stay devalued in order to make up the difference.
Don’t forget our President’s threat to any country engaging in BRICS…Harper tied the Canadian economy very firmly to China, a BRICS country; the Liberals under Trudeau strengthened those ties.
A 35 percent tariff will certainly get the Canadian government’s attention.
This Mark Carney fellow seems like another faceless bureaucrat – albeit a very rich one.
A ‘Canadian’ with 3 different passports.
I cannot see Canadian citizens (or is it subjects?) rallying around a ‘leader’ who was a British banker and had a residence (or big investment accounts $$$$) in Bermuda.
Also, was it ever made clear in what country he paid his personal income taxes?
Canadians are going to find themselves in a difficult situation within 2 years.
Canadians are good people. They don’t deserve these feckless leaders.
More good people that have accepted the pretending and totalitarianism.
I don’t think they have. The support for the truckers was massive.
I was at many..they were massive..great people..crushed by Trudeau’s Jackboots, and U.N. military..( information got from sources in Ottawa.)
More than likely Ukrainian mercenaries. They were used in Australia during the Covid protests and they augmented the U.S. Capitol and the D.C. Metro Police at the 1/6/21 EC vote count.
😂😂. You had the greatest pretend President in history…with his own fake W.H.😂😂
Ever notice there are zero Democrats on Mt Rushmore? There’s a pretend Party! I can’t wait ’til the SHTF with that pretend administration!
Hahaha that is so true!! 😀
But we didn’t elect him, so there is that.
BUT I’ve a feeling the Globule Deep State has been installing puppet presidents in Western Nations for a very long time and that we might, as people who are aware, give grace to the populations whose leaders are betraying them constantly without their knowledge.
And it’s Dekester at the buzzer with a slam dunk! 😂
Indeed, globalism with unfettered immigration and destruction of traditional family values is a global disease.
I am sure what you say is true.
Canadians are good people…who have patted themselves on the back for being good all the while turning a blind eye to the not so good things that have been going on in their country and raising quite the stink when someone points those not so good things out to them.
Perhaps not so good after all (individuals excepted from that statement; after all, we much speak in generalities on such matters).
*The sex trafficking trade coming out of Canada has been something that I’ve been far too aware of for quite a few decades unfortunately. It has colored my opinion of that country quite a bit and not for the better.
I do not know much of these Canadian issues. However due to ” globalism ” every word is descriptive of the US direction under Obama’s 3 terms.
Due to my job I have an unfortunate knowledge of the amount of human trafficking that takes place…and the human face of said trafficking….
What is once seen cannot be unseen.
I have noticed that Americans seem to be less prone to shy away from acknowledging that there are problems. So, I’ll give my countrymen that — they acknowledge the problems. The latest from the Canadian public and pundits “but only 1%, but, but, but…we’re good people” has set my teeth to grinding: no! you have some very serious problems, getting worse because you appear to refuse to acknowledge them at all!
We a little more Canadians..call such folk “ numbingly naïve “
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They need to grow a backbone. They like the reputation of being nice, but being too nice is a recipe for victimization.
They are good people, but not very ‘discerning’… every one of my relatives (but one) in Canada fell, hook, line, & sinker, for the Covid scam and the jabs. None would listen to ‘reason’, or question their Gov’t.
Here is the kind of in your face corruption going on in Canada-
https://x.com/nationalpost/status/1943784964165611738
Parliament is shut down until the Fall and ALL Canadian media is subsidised by Carney and our tax dollars.
This is why so many Canucks read and support CTH. PDJT is our only hope.
What is CTH? Why so many acronyms?
Dan Kurt
It’s where you posted your question.
LOL!!!
ROFLMAO!!!
Apologies for making assumptions –
Conservative Tree House + CTH
President Donald John Trump +PDJT
100%
VSGPDJT
Are you piggy-backing on someone elses acccount and that’s why you don’t know what site you’re on?
Because the reasons given, like in the Brasil instance, are political, these are not tariffs, but rather sanctions. Same with Lyndsay Graham’s wet dream bill.
What does this mean for my seal clubbing trip and does it mean I have to pay more for Rush and Triumph downloads?
(I know I post the same jokes on each Canada headline. Sorrey ).
I visited Canada recently on a seal clubbing trip. /s All kidding aside, I noticed that the street zombies in parts of Vancouver are worse than ever (China Town and Gastown primarily). Hundreds of people hunched over, tripping out or just passed out on the sidewalk…very sad.
Sounds similar to Kensington (Avenue) Beach in Philadelphia.
This kind of stuff is what I voted for. Not what’s the latest rage on X. Fix the economy, seal the borders, cut the waste and let us keep our money. Unleash America again and after that’s well underway go after the bad guys. Enough drama
That 35% on non USMCA compliant goods doesn’t mean much now but it’ll extend to everything Canada exports if the agreement isn’t renewed. It’ll be the threat Trump will use to force a tough deal on Canada. Carney will regret the games Trudeau played for years….
Just wait until Canada is caught transhipping China crap…Canada will have wished they’d never done that!
They’ve already been caught. We’ve just allowed them to get away with it…thus far. Perhaps those days are over.
The Long Shadow of NAFTA
Neither side of the border has seen the benefits it was promised.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-long-shadow-of-nafta/
Uniparty Hegelian Dialectic of fake R vs fake L on display.
Colkitto – just had to pop on here and tell you that I am almost done reading Jack Cashill’s “Untenable” and you were absolutely correct about what an amazing book it is!
I find myself alternating between nodding, almost crying, and seething with each successive chapter!
Thank you for the recommendation! Glad I pushed through and forced my local library to purchase it – I have now ordered the hardback copy for myself and it will go into my library of “must reads”!
I am so glad you like it VM. It brought up some great and tragic memories. There is so much to unbox in the book for me personally and to try and inform the Treehouse about.
In the last chapter when he talks about the Portuguese immigration into the section of Newark called “Ironbound” or “Downneck” those immigrants made that isolated section of Newark wonderful, I used to go many times for their fabulous restaurants. A side note, some of those immigrants were Portuguese fleeing from being genocided in Angola/Mozambique and from the CIA/MI6 orchestrated Carnation Revolution. The CIA/MI6 wanted Portugal out of Africa so they overthrew the Christian government that would not abandon its provinces and people in Africa, who were helping the Christian resistance bloc of Rhodesia & South Africa against the Globalist/terrorists
I am so sorry that it brought back memories that were hard for you!
But, although I was on the other side of the country, during the times he was writing of, the similarities were unmistakable. People have free will and they make choices as to how they live their lives. There are definitely people who are victims of hard things in their lives through no fault of their own, but, far more often, there are people groups who CHOOSE to self destruct while blaming everyone else!
Thomas Sowell covers this subject in great depth in his magnificent book “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”.
Again, thank you for the recommendation and I hope other Treepers will look for this book now!
No offense at all VM. It was good to reflect on some of these buried memories good and bad. Many of my Jewish friends were also ethnically cleansed from Newark (Weequahic community). In fact I would run into Newark refugees all over NJ during my travels.
When you finish the book, look up the Judicial tyranny of the MT Laurel NJ Supreme Court decision. The Newark refugees were terrified and had saw first hand the Democrat-marxist DEI operations which destroyed their beloved city, and were determined to make sure it did not happen again to where they moved. Their actions to shield their towns/children from what had happened in Newark the Op Mockingbird media called “racism” and now most of those towns are being destroyed by a new round of Democrat DEI policies as many of those refugees grandchildren and new residents either forgot the stories or never heard them.
I thank you for this dialogue. Any questions ever about the book be sure and ask. Slainte friend!
Carney doesn’t seem very motivated to stop the flow of fentanyl precursors from China. 35% is a slap on the wrist.
The amount of fentanyl entering the US from Canada is infinitesimal compared to Mexico or the coastal/interior (airport) borders. Check out this graphic. For 2025 YTD 37 lbs vs 5500 lbs YTD from Mexico Mapped: Fentanyl Seized at U.S. Borders Over Time
So that makes it OK?
Any amount of fentanyl is too much and not OK, but consider this. Canada has a huge fentanyl problem also, and most of the fentanyl killing Canadians came over the US border. You want to blame Canada for fentanyl deaths in the US? Well, a lot more Canadians have died from fentanyl coming from the United States.
Golly gee you are trying so hard. 😂
Control de border both ways and prove whence the fentanyl killing Canadians comes from. And help to normalize the US-Canada relationships in the process. Win-win for all, Kevin.
No… it comes in through B.C. ports in the main.
So only enough to kill 8.39 million people came through Canada.
The Mexican border is getting shut down, but Trump knows a wall and ICE along the northern border will never fly. Once the Chinese can’t get it here through Mexico, Canada would be the logical next choice. Trump is making sure that doesn’t happen.
China is one step ahead of you. They are already funneling things through Canada (and Vietnam and other satellite countries.)
So what’s to keep China from making fentanyl right here in the US on the almost 400, 000 acres of land they now own? How much Chinese land do we own in China? It boggles my mind that we are so slow in figuring out that they are buying our country’s land AND NO ONE IN D.C. HAS SEEN THAT AS A HUGE PROBLEM UNTIL NOW!!
our government sees nothing as an issue until the citizens get up in arms
until then they are sitting quietly raking in the dough
The Communist Party of China and the Peoples’ Liberation Army are purchasing the farmland from or with the approval of state and local governments since the Fed Gov would not allow it. 400K acres is miniscule, it’s more about the location than the quantity.
Already happening. The cartels are starting to shift their operations to Canada (they were already there, but now it’s growing).
The much repeated phrase (by Canadians and leftists here in America) of ‘less than 1%’ is only talking about SEIZURES OF THE DRUG NOT HOW MUCH IS REALLY BEING TRAFFICKED.
Quite honestly I’m getting a bit sick of that tired excuse — Canada is a narco state, and it’s high time Canadians acknowledged that there is something very wrong in the Not So Great White North. Maybe then you’d actually step up and do something about yourselves.
This isn’t a remark on how much is getting across our borders (and a lot of other countries’ borders); this is more of a remark about how little Canada has been doing to crack down on drug trafficking (and trafficking of all sorts to be honest).
We could talk about how your banks are quite useful for laundering money from that trade as well…
Casinos here in British Columbia have been laundry mats for Asian drug money for decades.
The optimum word you use is seized. The Canadian government has near zero ability to curb the flow.
Truckers here in British Columbia and elsewhere are massive conduits for the flow.
One or two border crossings and a rig worth several hundred thousand is paid off.
Our harbour at Vancouver B.C. and Prince Rupert ( near Alaska) have direct links to China…
Cheers!
Is this why the markets were down today?
I’m in Canada. No one here buys US products anymore so the trade deal is moot.
42% of Canadians stated they would “absolutely do everything” to avoid purchasing U.S. products.
88% say they will buy made in Canada if marked so on the shelves.
56% of Canadians indicated they would stop buying certain products altogether if there is no Canadian-made alternative.
In yesterday’s Leger poll, Canadians viewed President Trump as the biggest threat to Canada.
That’s just the way it is now. Will it last? I don’t know. But as it stands, trade is dead anyway.
Sounds like a win-win to me. You keep your stuff, we keep ours and we will drink beer and watch hockey together!
First off. Hockey is stupid and Canadian beer tastes like piss.
Hockey is not stupid but Canadian beer does taste like piss.
O.K. you two… how, exactly, do you know that it ‘tastes like piss’???
Bwahaahaaa!!!!!!
au contraire! Hockey is a great sport
only the very tough take that sport on
and the leftists haven’t ruined it (yet)
Hockey is aboot the greatest sport in the world, eh?
“That was a lot of fun. We don’t go to jail, we beat up their chicken forwards, we score ten goals, and we win. And now the Moose drinks beer.” — Andre “Moose” Dupont
100%
I have been a buyer, both personal and retail. At the moment, I cannot recall anything “Made in Canada.”
I take it that there’s little interest in Canada of continuing the USMCA agreement. Is this an accurate assessment?
Canada imports a variety of essential products from the United States that are critical to its economy and daily life. These include:
• Machinery and Vehicles: The U.S. is a major supplier of machinery and vehicles to Canada, which are essential for industries ranging from manufacturing to agriculture.
• Energy Products: The U.S. exports energy products to Canada, including refined petroleum and other fuels, which support Canada’s transportation and industrial sectors.
• Agricultural Products: Canada imports over $30 billion in agricultural products from the U.S., including bakery goods, cereals, pasta, fresh vegetables and fruits, and ethanol. These goods are vital for food security and the food processing industry in Canada.
• Electronics: Electronic goods from the U.S. are important for Canada’s technology and telecommunications sectors, as well as for consumer electronics markets.
• Steel and Aluminum: These materials are crucial for construction, automotive manufacturing, and other industrial applications in Canada.
• Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment: The U.S. is a major global exporter of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, which are essential for Canada’s healthcare system.
Good luck trying to do without these essential products.
I can’t think of anything that is made in the US that Canadians cannot either make or buy from friendly countries. Perhaps with the exception of Nvidea’s most advanced chips there is nothing that Americans make that are not made somewhere else usually at a lower price and better quality e.g. Chinese EVs.
Chinese EVs, better quality? Yeah, right…
It’s like when I’m trying to merge from 684 to 84 just outside Danbury, crossing from NY, and those jerkwads who refuse to get in line. They zip past a mile of us waiting patiently, only to cut in at the last second. I swear, I wish my car had a button to either blast lasers through their hood or launch their sorry vehicle 1,000 feet into the sky. I’m hunting for that button now, but for your post. FFS.
Kevin – Looks like the folks running our Canada Pension Plan do not agree with you?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-pension-plan-us-1.7565080
They don’t even invest our compulsory national pension plan in Canada!!
Thank God (literally!) for the S&P 500 which is where we invested our personal savings over the years.
Kevin is a troll. Just follow his posts, he said Chinese EV’s are better quality….he’s here to troll. Further down he pushes a bunch of BS, using “articles” to try and back his positions.
Yet, he never mentions the loop holes Canada uses to push Chinese goods into the U.S. But, trolls need to troll.
Yes, I said Chinese EVs are better, and if you were following the Chinese EV market as closely as I have been, you would agree.
Check out this top-of-the-line Huawei Maestro S800 luxury sedan. Can you name one American luxury sedan that can compare with this car?
I have a 1979 FJ40 Landcruiser that is in great condition and runs perfectly. I would not even consider exchanging it for your Huawei. It’s a straight 6 chevrolet clone engine, very little in electronics, and will take me anywhere I want to go, including places your luxury pooper would never be able to go. If yours goes bad, its a lot of bucks to fix, and lots of brainy people to work on it at the dealership. Mine, simple stuff, and inexpensive, and I can do the work wherever it breaks down! By the way, my steering wheel is bigger than yours!
My cammed 94 k1500 swapped to a carb agrees 100% with this post. Cheap parts, easy to work on….no epa junk and all I need is 20 gallons gas to go 400 miles (if light on the pedal lol). Hammer down and it’s 240 miles….
“my steering wheel is bigger than yours” Love it! Thanks.
Go back to X; idiots there will eat up your BS.
“Kevin is a troll. Just follow his posts, he said Chinese EV’s are better quality….he’s here to troll. Further down he pushes a bunch of BS, using “articles” to try and back his positions.”
I’m still trying to get past him mentioning “friendly” countries and China in the same sentence.
Oh well then don’t worry about the tariffs.
Seems like in your opinion is that Canada is greater than the US. Or is it just a major case of TDS. The arrogance and anger seethes thru your comments. You may be on the wrong site. Obviously, we are America First here.
Kevin should compare GDP
Brilliant, Amjean.
Nearly perfect timing and out-of-the-blue! Please issue a warning for those of us who could be eating or drinking!
100% MAGA and America First!!!
“I can’t think of anything that is made in the US that Canadians cannot either make or buy from friendly countries.”
China.
China is very “friendly” to you as they use your country as a pass through to get into the US market.
Enjoy your Chinese made products imported into your country at the expense of your own manufacturing capabilities as China’s government subsidizes companies to dominate your markets and collapse your businesses.
It is how China became the dominant, by far, global producer of steel.
Become more and more reliant on Communist China.
They want you to.
you make me laugh
Go right ahead darlings. You seem to think we would stop you; perhaps you are incorrect about this.
Doesn’t eastern Canada get its oil shipped through the US.
Yes.
Nonsense!
I am in B.C. folks I know are buying Washington State cherries by the bagful.
Planes…are booked for flights to Hawaii and Arizona this fall winter are filling up.
The gas we buy in our area is refined at Cherry point in Washington State.
It is all B.S.
Apples too..our avocados and other stuff is shipped through the U.S.A.
Geesh!
Thanks Dekester… you’re a HofF contributor in the 🌳🏠
No worries, Gary. All of us will be eating TACOs, soon.
Costco is packed every time I go there…
Only moronic virtue signalers make a point of not buying American
Unfortunately my country is full of them lol
We did elect a green wienie WEF shill…
So flipping sad
Poll say….hahaha
This Canadian supports the GOAT PDJT 100%
Rub Carney’s nose in it
Sad state of affairs here in Snow Mexico
It a tough negotiation, but hopefully a silver lining will be some real “Make Canada Great Again” nationalism, and Canada will become non-dependent, which is what we are trying to do here. Then, we can come back to the table and try and cut tariffs on both sides for some actual fair trade. You need to get your own military spending up to obligations, control your side of the border for illegal immigration and substances, and bring Canadian manufacturing and use of your vast resources first. We will be friends again, unless Canada goes full Marxist.
good
Canadians can stay in their own lane
leftists are the same on either side of the border
my sister house watches for a Canadian couple
who own a second home in Palm Springs.
They are so upset they are selling the house
and spending winters back up in Canada
now that is cutting your nose off to spite your face
Then it is time to declare the USMCA dead and rework something better for us. As an American I’m very happy.
I’m guessing that Canada has it’s fake polls same as US does. Canadian Truckers hugely supported tells me that this poll might be suspect!
Let it run its course. It’s growing pains for Canadian citizens. They will either fix their problems or fail. America will just sit back and watch, but no more funding of their leftist ideals. We have focus our own problems to clean up.
Doogiesblog —
Yep, absolutely 100% Common Sense, no pretending and crystal clear analysis!
Canadians aren’t selling off their winter homes here in my little subdivision in Arizona. In fact, many of them are still here, even as the summer temps have kicked in. I wonder if they can just remain indefinitely?
I think those in your particular pole find it easy to thumb their noses at the USA before the consequences actually set in. When will Canada decide to lower the value of your currency?
What is the tariffs on autos/trucks?
Sectored tariffs: Currently 50% on steel and aluminum
25% on auto parts
and I believe the 10% is still in effect for the Fentanyl
It’s SO good to be clear.
Yeah, Mark’s really clutching those sausage fingers in that pic! Contrary to our POTUS with open palms with a head tilt towards Carney!!! We sure can see who the “Alpha” is!
I guess the Snow Mexicans don’t understand yet what FAFO means.
How many Americans are aware that Canada is the biggest buyer of U.S.-made goods? Canada buys more goods stamped “made in the USA” than any other country. More than China, Japan, the UK, and France combined! If you exclude oil, the US enjoys a massive surplus in the trade of finished goods and services with Canada, and Canadian oil is sold at a steep discount, allowing the US to export its sweet crude to the world at a premium while keeping prices low at the gas pump.
Every aspect of US/Canada trade is good for the United States and Canada. It is the biggest, most perfectly balanced trading relationship in the world, and Trump, for some reason, is intent on blowing it up.
Take autos, for example. The United States has a SURPLUS when it comes to trade in assembled automobiles and auto parts. Source: TD Economics – Setting the Record Straight on Canada-U.S. Trade.
In 2024, the U.S. had a $7.1 billion SURPLUS with Canada in automotive trade versus a $137 billion trade DEFICIT with Mexico! Source: Mexico’s automotive surplus with the US breaks record and exceeds US$ 137 billion in 2024 | AméricaEconomía.
When was the last time you heard Trump complain about cars being made in Mexico? You never do, but it is Trump’s biggest gripe with Canada. He even told Mark Carney to his face, sitting in the Oval Office, “I don’t want cars from Canada”. Does it ever occur to Trump that if he makes it so Canada cannot sell cars in Canada that Canadians will not be buying any more cars made in the USA? Trade is a two-way street.
Is Trump just badly misinformed about the true nature of US/Canada trade, or is he deliberately misrepresenting the facts to gain some kind of leverage? Leverage for what? US goods are already tariff-free in Canada, and the U.S. enjoys a trade surplus. What more does he want?
I believe Trump views Canada as a country that he can easily poach manufacturing jobs from. He can’t poach manufacturing jobs from Mexico. Mexican workers at GM’s Silao Plant assembling Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras earn about $3.25 USD per hour, or roughly $27 USD per day. Source: GM Factory Workers In Mexico Get A 25-Cent Raise To $3.25 An Hour
Does Trump think that, after he has moved all the auto jobs from Canada to Detroit that Canadians will continue to buy American-made cars? As a Canadian, I can tell you we won’t. We won’t be buying anything American-made. How will that benefit Americans? It won’t. Canada is the biggest export market for the United States. In 2024, the US exported $350 billion in goods and services to Canada. Exports to Canada supported an estimated 9 million workers. Source: Chart: How Many U.S. Jobs Depend On Trade With Canada | Statista. Is this any way to treat your best customer?
I suspect most Americans don’t give a second thought to Canada or Canadians, and they love it when Trump threatens and insults Canada, because they have heard Trump say so many times that “Canada is ripping us off” and “we subsidize Canada to the tune of $200 billion” neither of which is true. None of what Trump says about US/Canada trade is true. I defy anyone to prove me wrong on the facts.
The USA is the biggest buyer of U.S. made goods and services.
Of course, I was referring to the biggest buyer of US goods outside of the USA itself. $350 billion in sales to Canada is nothing to sniff at.
Why have so many Americans developed a contempt and even hatred of Canada and Canadians? I am seeing this anti-Canadianism throughout this thread. What bad thing has Canada done to you?
I blame Trump. He has done nothing but sh*t on Canada almost every day since he was sworn in. Meanwhile, he slobbers over war criminal Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of a country that is nothing but an albatross around the neck of Americans.
Oh wow, now Trump is slobbering over a war criminal etc, etc. You just let the commie cat out of the bag ole Kev. Get lost you moron!
TDS is strong with this one.
that’s poppycock!
you don’t have enough people to do that
Still trying really hard. 🤣 Ya got stamina, I’ll give you that. No self awareness, but stamina ya.
A bit of advice…. check the Economies of both Countries.
I agree partly with your post but I don’t blame Trump. Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do and that is put American interests first. Canadas long term propensity for socialism and liberalism is what is destroying Canada. We have a government that has an agenda the same as the EU. They push all the same things as the US Democrats do. Trump’s agenda is not to save Canada it’s to save the United States. Nevertheless it will save Canada in the long term because it will force us to cast off the stupid policies that restrict growth and wealth accumulation. Economics will force Canada to drop the climate change lunacy and will open up opportunities for Canada to use our natural resources.
and I don’t see Netanyahu as a war criminal. They were attacked first and have the right to retaliate against Hamas and Iran.
I agree with all you have been saying about the oil trade and deficit. Very true.
Canada is ripping us (the U.S.) off, as have nearly all of our major trading partners. President Trump is correct.
Our markets have been wide open to Canada and the world while other countries close and protect their own markets from us. We run significant trade deficits with all major trading partners. This results in wealth leaving this country and is unfair.
We called it free trade. BS. Our markets have been open to the world while other countries impose tariffs against us.
President Trump wants “fair” trade, reciprocal trade. You impede our goods, tariff, we do the same.
It’s about time. Thank you President Trump for standing up for us.
You sound a bit panic stricken.
USMCA expires in 2036. I wouldn’t call that “soon”….
Exactly! I have the posted details below…
U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
The USMCA agreement is set to terminate on July 1, 2036, unless the three participating countries (United States, Mexico, and Canada) confirm their desire to extend it for another 16 years.
A joint review is scheduled for July 1, 2026, to assess the agreement’s operation and potentially recommend revisions. If the countries don’t agree to extend it in 2026, annual reviews will take place until the 2036 expiration date.
Detailed breakdown: The USMCA was initially approved for a 16-year term, starting on July 1, 2020.
Joint Review: The first joint review is scheduled for July 1, 2026, six years after the agreement’s entry into force.
Extension or Termination: If all three parties agree to extend the USMCA in 2026, it will be extended for another 16 years.
No Extension: If the countries do not agree to extend the agreement in 2026, they will conduct annual joint reviews until the 2036 expiration date.
Expiration Date: The USMCA will terminate on July 1, 2036, unless extended by mutual agreement.
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I suspect PDJT will refuse to extend it past 2036, when they meet next year.
It’s an annual review so President ?? in 2028 and 2032 can decide for themselves with the approval of Congress since it’s a treaty.
The USMCA is scheduled for a joint review on July 1, 2026, which is when the three countries (United States, Mexico, and Canada) will assess the agreement’s performance and determine whether to extend it for another 16-year period. While this review is not a full-scale renegotiation, it provides an opportunity to address any concerns or propose changes.
My understanding is that they’ll be discussing whether to extend it for another 16 yr past expiration. Not past 2026.
What if a participating country has already violated the terms of the USMCA? Would that not give grounds to declare the treaty null and void?
Another “Oh-Shit Moment” (eh) For The Snow Mexicans in Ottawa!
This is going to devastate Canada.
And, once they get caught sneaking Chinese goods into the US, it will get even uglier for them!
Unfortunately, the psychopaths ruling Canada will choose to be the Chicom’s b*+ch, they are well down that path already.
If true
It will be the
DEATH NAIL OF
Canada
51st State is the INEVITABLE RESULT
Either ‘death NELL’ (sound)… or ‘Nail in the coffin’??
He he he! You hosers. There’s a new Sheriff in town.
😅
Not only is President Trump making America’s economy great again, but he is also schooling these Euroweenie socialists on how they should set about restructuring their own economies.
As Margaret Thatcher famously noted, the problem with *socialism* is that you will eventually run out of other people’s money. Well, eighty years after milking the Marshall Plan for all it’s worth, that time has come.
President Trump is actually doing the Canadians a tremendous favor. He is like a tough love parent kicking his adult dependents out of the nest to fend for themselves. It is long overdue.
The way the shadowy globalists had bundled the EU into one tight gordian knot, creating total economic and social dependencies, these countries were never more vulnerable to a rigid, totalitarian “reset.” Better that all countries can stand on their own, taking back the freedom to celebrate their own unique customs, traditions and cultural identities.
Daddy’s wallet is closed. Now, go get a life.
could it be possible that the new Canadian prime minister is dumber than the last one LOL?
Canada is acting like a spoiled child that has just been told they can’t have ice cream for breakfast. They have taken advantage of the American markets for so long they think they are entitled to do it, they can’t accept fair and equal trade.
Thank you GOW,
I love you and The Last Refuge.
Snow Mexicans
51st State!
Crap, I’m bidding on a huge house that needs cedar shingles. Canadian suppliers provide the overwhelming majority of cedar shingles to my distributors.
My customer needs to sign up quick or see a big bump in costs.
Canada’s leadership cannot get out of its own way. The West are conservative, the East Liberal Woke just like CA. They need a Trump. But they have to get people to realize what a pickle they are in with this ridiculous “supply management ‘ on their dairy. UGH This is a hot mess in Canada.
Full list of tariffs announced by Trump:
European Union: 30%
South Africa: 30%
South Korea: 25%
Bangladesh: 35%
Kazakhstan: 25%
Philippines: 20%
Cambodia: 36%
Indonesia: 32%
Myanmar: 40%
Sri Lanka: 30%
Malaysia: 25%
Thailand: 36%
Moldova: 25%
Canada: 35%
Mexico: 30%
Bosnia: 30%
Algeria: 30%
Tunisia: 25%
Brunei: 25%
Serbia: 35%
Japan: 25%
Brazil: 50%
Libya: 30%
Laos: 40%
Iraq: 30%
The United States is constructing a new geopolitical trade architecture under the guise of economic nationalism. If you read this list as pure protectionism, you’re missing the deeper game: this is economic wargaming by design.
First, observe the countries targeted: a mix of traditional allies (EU, Japan, South Korea, Canada), rising Global South exporters (Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia), and “non-aligned” nations with strategic resources or low cost manufacturing bases (Brazil, Kazakhstan, Laos). This is supply chain realignment through coercive uncertainty. These tariffs are meant to force decisions.
Now consider the percentages: 25%–30% is the new baseline, with outliers like Brazil (50%) and Myanmar/Laos (40%). These extremes aren’t about punishing trade imbalances. They’re pressure valves. Brazil’s 50% tariff is a shot across the bow over its BRICS alignment, rare earth partnerships, and resistance to dollar-centric trade. Myanmar and Laos? Pressure points in China’s Belt and Road corridor, now used as leverage zones in the Indo-Pacific economic chessboard.
The timing matters. Global trade growth is stagnating. The dollar is under pressure. EMs are drowning in USD denominated debt while U.S. domestic reshoring struggles to compete with offshore labor arbitrage. So what does the U.S. do? It creates controlled disruption: squeeze imports just enough to redirect capital back home or into trusted allies while keeping strategic uncertainty alive for everyone else. This is weaponized ambiguity.
Importantly, tariffs are also a way to force compliance without legislation. Can’t get Congress to pass tech export restrictions or ESG unfriendly supply chain laws? Just tariff non compliant producers until they voluntarily change suppliers, locations, or terms. This is how you shift trade flows without needing a new NAFTA or TPP. It’s also a way to reset leverage ahead of potential future dollar instability, positioning U.S. controlled rails as the only stable path forward for exporters once chaos escalates.
This is not about trade. It’s about alignment. In a world fragmenting across currency systems, energy blocs, and digital infrastructure, the U.S. is building a tariff based perimeter around dollar hegemony. You’re either inside that wall or paying a toll at the gate.
They’re screwed…
FAFO!
I love the first sentences of these letters- “ hold still, I’m going to kiss you…”
WHACK!
Canada has been a disaster since the sixties. It combines the flaws of France and the UK with none of their virtues. A unique country that combines the worst features of a cat and a dog. Who’d want a pet with the loyalty of a cat and dietary habits of a dog at its worst?