But they are guarantied by the 14th Amendment and no President would dare violate the Constitution. That’s crazy
One tariff lawsuit is due in court in the next week or two. Educational toy company Learning Resources filed suit against the Trump administration on April 22. The lawsuit challenges the legality of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, arguing that they exceed presidential authority and violate both the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the separation of powers. The CEO has been interviewed extensively by the media since the suit was filed.
Good luck. I mean that sincerely, but I think you’re gonna need it.
They won the lawsuit against the tariffs. Now it’s being appealed, of course.
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/toymaker-rick-woldenberg-81-sued-trump-administration-and-won
DJT says trade deal with China is done.
We’ll see. (Link to MSN)
It better be beautiful.
As one commenter on a Fox News article said:
If not beautiful than (at least) big.
If not big, than bold.
If not bold, than businesslike.
If not businesslike, than blustering.
If not blustering, than bumptious.
If not bumptious, than bonkers.
I think this is coming along just beautifully, don’t you?
Trump cuts off US trade talks with Canada, shattering optimism over tariff deals – Reuters
I guess ‘90 Deals in 90 Days’ includes giving our friends, neighbors, and allies the proverbial middle finger. I did not know that.
:rolleyes:
I honestly don’t know why foreign politicians even waste their time talking to Trump or his underlings about tariffs.
Even when Trump makes an agreement, like Trump’s congressionally approved CUSMA, it is completely ignored so he can continue bleating from his bully pulpit.
The media just laps it all up - like ground hog day they reset daily and report the latest tweet as if Trump is actually a good faith negotiator.
I had a feeling something like this was going to happen. Trump can always find something to get mad about. If Edmonton had won the Stanley Cup, he’d be mad about that. I’m sure he’ll find another fictional mountain of fentanyl moving north to south (instead of the other way around that it moves in reality) or some other bullshit so he can dominate the news cycle again with tariffs tariffs tariffs. And just as our new Prime Minister was saying Trump had given up on the 51st state nonsense too. I bet that’ll be back soon, probably on the same day he announces some ridiculous tariff rate and then doubles it when Canada naturally retaliates.
When the baby gets colicky, the thing to do is stay calm, say soothing things, consider using gripe water and remember these tantrums are frequent but temporary.
Except that this baby is the size of a sumo wrestler and can wreck your house.
Because, unlike US voters, we have no choice in the matter. Like it or not, the US is a major trading partner for many, many countries. Canada and Mexico are probably worst off, with about 80% of our international trade going to the US, but even at lower rates, say 10-20%, no one is willing to just toss that large a part of their national revenues.
And unlike Trump, our politicians understand that you can’t change that over night. We’re all talking to each other, trying to establish new trade systems to replace as much of the US trade as we can, but we know that process will take years. In the meantime, we’re stuck with the manbaby. We’d love to cut you off cold turkey, but we’re not willing to take that hit just to help you fix the mess you created for yourselves.
Canada is officially sort of shrugging off Trump’s threats, which is the right move. Trump is likely to change his mind, and anyway, we’re better off negotiating when the Us economy is in bad shape later this year.
As another data point, during the Liberation Day tariffs, Australia was subjected to the base level as was Heard and McDonald islands, notwithstanding the US has a trade surplus with us. Despite this Australia has not applied retaliatory tariffs against the US. Bit of a point of honour being a foundation member of the Cairns Group.
However, Hegseth has been rattling the defence spending can, with the aim that lil ol Oz can pull it’s weight in the war in the North China Sea that he’s spoiling for. Specifically an immediate spend of $40billion to buy US hardware. The sort of approach you’d expect from the schoolyard bully. The Albanese government have rejected the demand. So we are anticipating the imposition of further trade sanctions.
True. But you still try to keep the bulls away from China.
I think you have invented a new word game! I am glad I was not drinking hot coffee when I read this, bc I would now have scalded nostrils and sinuses (bc would laugh so much).
On a personal level, and in keeping with the thread topic, I have certainly noticed price increases of my favorite imported jams and jellies. I am thinking of learning to make them myself, not at all hard since my grandma taught me to can.
What people might not realize is that we import coffee, tea etc. I notice those prices have doubled in some cases (I tend to buy artisan, local roasted coffee, my fave being a brand here in St Louis). Oh, and there’s chocolate too. Six pack of Hershey bars are over 8 dollars. Many campgrounds will be empty of smores cooking this summer.
I think the grocery prices are key to getting people upset. People don’t buy houses and cars every week, but food is purchased constantly. Of course, one can cut back, eat less, etc., but that has its limits. Americans need their junk food, of course. I am already overhearing unhappiness in the grocery aisles.
But hey, the American people voted for this (I didn’t, but I have been writing to my Congress people, useless though that it is ) …live in MO, all Republican.
Maybe US groceries should do what a lot of Canadian ones are doing - sticking labels on shelves to identify which items are Canadian sourced/made and which are affected by the Trump Tariffs.
I can guarantee they’d be vandalized.