The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.
This doesn’t even have to be The Onion, but just straight news. This is exactly how it is going to work.
I saw some of the dipshit commenters on a WSJ article giving examples of things affected and how their prices might change - lots of “Well, I don’t need these things, and paying 5 cents more for making brown people suffer is worth it, anyway!”
Yeah, I guess we will see…
I’ve seen a lot of “Canada needs us more than we need them”. Going to be a big wake up call when gas, electricity, cars, groceries, and a dozen other things suddenly jump more than 25% (because we all know the corpos will take the excuse to extract more value).
But the twist is that it still won’t be portrayed as Trump’s fault. Unfair Canada declares war for no reason or whatever.
Oh, without a doubt. I’ve already seen some of their ridiculous people try to prep their stupid base with “…but it will be worth it” kind of narratives. I bet you’ll hear more than a few of the marks parrot this idiocy.