Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is delivering speeches, holding press conferences and trying to justify his position following the collapse of negotiations between the USA and Canada. Meanwhile, President Trump and his trade team are intentionally quiet.
In all high-stakes negotiations, deals and financial issues, the apex predators always know you make your point clearly and without reservation, you establish your terms and then you don’t say anything. Total silence. The first person to break the silence is the losing hand. Once your terms are established you stay quiet and then let the other party talk, talk, and talk themselves to yes. Silence is the power.
Mark Carney is telling everyone his position and trying to justify what has taken place. Mark Carney is in a very weak position on both structure and substance of the issues. [I wrote a lengthy explanation HERE]
Within this segment Carney tries to explain what the USA requests were that Canada would not agree to. He notes the U.S. wanted strict control over Canada’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries. What Carney fails to note is that this exists already, right now in the USMCA [Article 32:10 of the USMCA]. The U.S. has termination rights to both Canada and Mexico FTAs with other countries. This is an example of Carney gaslighting Canadians.
In reality, Canada wants unlimited and unrestricted access to the U.S. market as if they were a 51st state. However, Canada will not permit unlimited and unrestricted access to their market for U.S. companies. This, Carney says, compromises the sovereignty of Canada. WATCH:
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I was confident the discussions would collapse because the Canadian position is based on lies, fraud and political denial. Canada is playing politics hoping to retain their one-sided benefits and outlast President Trump into the midterm election. Trump, however, has already executed the tariffs and the only thing remaining for him and Greer to do is trigger the six-month USMCA withdrawal. [Details Here]
Here’s the full video:
They keep saying they don’t need us, yet won’t stopping talking about us. I don’t need Dr. Phil to understand that dynamic.
If their trade with the US is 70% plus of their total trade then yes they do need the US.
It is, approx. 71%. The next largest export markets are UK and China which currently sit at about 4-6 % each.
But don’t worry, Carnage keeps reassuring the Libtard sheeple that he’s going to double our trade with China over the next 10 years. 🤪🤯🤣
And he might. That won’t be enough to cover the losses in the meantime.
i watched a 2-minute clip from Forbes where Carney said ‘we waited until the US implemented the tariffs’. I believe he meant the new 50% tariff that PDJT just announced. Carney made it sound like they were not negotiating at all, just using the time to continue the favorable trade terms they had with us.
What is missed in the great commentary is the impact on the ‘Canadian Confederation.’
Carney has defacto, told Albertans that they are SCREWED, and that the Canadian Confederation will continue to transfer wheelbarrows of Albertan revenue to other provinces.
Climate change and other ‘priorities’ are more important than holding together the Canadian Confederation.
It’s a great thing that Premier Carney gave Alberta a healthy 2 months to decide to endure/linger within the Canadian Confederation!
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I must disagree with your post.
Carney said the U.S. wanted strict control over Canada’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries. And he noted that recent U.S. demands went beyond existing frameworks by attempting to broadly restrict Canada’s sovereign right to pursue independent trade agreements with market economies.
While Article 32:10 of the USMCA (CUSMA) specifically targets free trade deals with non-market economies like China, the latest U.S. negotiating positions reportedly sought broader oversight over independent trade expansions into other global markets. And the US brings it up at the last minute.
These independent trade expansions are exactly what Carney has been doing for the past year. The US does not have termination rights to both Canada and Mexico FTAs with other countries.