Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties as both regions threatened by Trump tariffs
Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties as both regions threatened by Trump tariffs
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I hear Asia is seeking rare earth minerals and energy
Didn't we recently sign a major contract with Japan for natural gas? On top of the new natural gas facility we're building in BC?
Though I suspect that this relationship will only be good for a decade or two, becoming the #1 supplier of natural gas to eastern Asia will be good both from an economic and political stance, as that's the area that is likely to have the biggest economic impact on the world aside from India over the next half century.
Right... unless US is going full Russia on Ukraine type situation.. what is the end goal here.
Canada was always a good hoe... then US goes and beats it anyway? What is the W?
US just looks mental aka "unreliable partner"
Canadians and their oligarchs would be stupid to not take notice here no matter how this resolves.
Let me get this straight. Canada a country already over burdened with regulations with a faltering economy wants to join the EU an other over regulated market with faltering economy? No thanks
Probably by fair trading without US oligarchs and its unhinged financial sector sucking up all profit derived from their respective countries. And hopefully with more equal wealth distribution not completely derailing nice infographics. Because the one above is utterly useless if what you care for actually is quality of life, not just numbers going up.
We already have a major free trade agreement with the EU, and we're not burdened by their regulations on most resources that we want to export to them anyways.
This is different from those people who are talking about actually joining the EU. We're just shipping our raw resources (or preferably refined resources).
And frankly speaking, a lot of the US's growth comes from the fact that they've been taking advantage of their legacy infrastructure like 60 year old power plants, and the fact that we sell them oil and minerals at costs much lower than the world average. We redirect a ton of that to the EU and other countries, and the US's growth with drastically slow down while giving us huge growth as the profit margin of our products will rise substantially.
EU might not be as rich as the US, but it is still quite rich, and isn't about to collapse under its own weight like China. As economies go, they are literally the next best thing after the US, and their reliability makes them far more attractive partners for the next half century.
Based on what the US has been doing over the past month, I'm not so sure your trend will continue like this. And in any case, the US is at best an unreliable trading partner, and at worst an enemy of Canada, so we need new trading partners. The EU seems like as good as any.
More trade with EU is great. All for it. Trade with China and friendly relations/trade with Russia is needed because these are countries that will help stand up against US. Getting a commitment for next agricultural harvests to export to China/asia or EU is a critical win to displace US agriculture.
We'll make our own free trade agreement. With blackjack and hookers!