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Canada puts tarriffs on Manatee meat and flamethrowers. Time to cancel the BBQ?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/dog-coats-and-manatee-meat-among-odd-us-products-targeted-by-canadas-retaliatory-tariffs/

Posted - Wed at 4:43 AM

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  • 11493

    Maybe those are reciprocal tariffs – so if they seem like silly tariffs Trump was silly first. Cheers!

      April 2, 2025 11:05 AM MDT
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  • 35144
    They are tariffs put in place by Canada not the US. 
      April 2, 2025 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 17161
    Manatees should be protected in any case, they're threatened. If the US economy depends on flamethrowers, how did they get to be an economic superpower?
    This is Canada taking the p!ss.
      April 2, 2025 2:39 PM MDT
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  • 35144
    They choose these specific things themselves....it makes them look like a joke. 
      April 2, 2025 3:16 PM MDT
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  • 11493

    I checked the Canadian governments site for the list of US goods Canada has put tariffs on and didn’t find flame throwers or those other things on it. But as far as looking like a joke goes Trump has put 25% tariffs on high grade aluminum while claiming that America doesn't need anything from Canada. America doesn't have high grade aluminum ore in the ground so they can’t produce high grade aluminum. But they do need it for many things and Americans will now have to buy it at 25% more – so it is Trump that looks like a joke. Cheers!

      April 2, 2025 11:36 PM MDT
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  • 35144
    I gave you the link the Canadian news who is reporting it. 

    If CA does not want tariffs on aluminum, then they need to remove the tariff Canada put on imports of US metals...aluminum included.  The tariff on aluminum was reciprocal. 
      April 3, 2025 5:00 AM MDT
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  • 4351
    Context, context.  Did you fail to mention that these high tariffs apply only AFTER an import quota has been reached for a specific exporter.  Either tell the whole story or don't tell any of it.


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    This post was edited by Spunky at April 3, 2025 6:32 AM MDT
      April 3, 2025 6:30 AM MDT
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  • 35144
    He knows....he is from CA and we have had the conversation before....and if the quotas are to prevent US trade then it is NOT free trade.  And they deserve whatever tarriffs we send back.
      April 3, 2025 9:46 AM MDT
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  • 4351
    Not everyone on here is from CA.  Of course, if your intent is to mislead folks to that drop by, then keep uop the good work. This post was edited by Spunky at April 3, 2025 2:35 PM MDT
      April 3, 2025 12:23 PM MDT
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  • 35144
    My post was a to Nanoose who is from CA. 
    If others decide to jump in they can do their own homework.
      April 4, 2025 5:45 AM MDT
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  • 4351
    So, you don't mind misleading others.  Got it.
      April 4, 2025 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 4351
    You know what's a joke?  

    "According to the Trump administration’s list, it will be imposing a 10% reciprocal tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands—an external Australian territory a little less than 1,000 miles north of Antarctica.

    According to an informational guide to the islands on an Australian government website, they are considered to be “one of the wildest and remotest places on Earth.”

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/trump-imposes-tariffs-on-uninhabited-heard-and-mcdonald-islands-remotest-places-on-earth/ar-AA1CbirE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

    One island is uninhabited and the other is inhabited by penguins only.  So, how much importing/exporting do you think those penguins engage in?

      April 3, 2025 6:39 AM MDT
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  • 17161
    Heard Island can't be inhabited, it's home to our only active volcano. Mawson Peak.
    Remember that game you played as a kid, "the floor is lava"? Penguins don't play that game. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at April 3, 2025 4:45 PM MDT
      April 3, 2025 4:42 PM MDT
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  • 35144
    It is making sure AU does not try to use that address as a loophole to get around the tariffs.....
      April 4, 2025 5:43 AM MDT
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  • 4351
    What address?  They are UNINHABITED islands.  Do you understans what uninhabited mean?  NO ONE LIVES THERE OTHER THAN PENGUINS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.
      April 4, 2025 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 17161
    They. Are. Taking. The. Piss. Canadians, Australians and Brits understand and appreciate that kind of humour, Yanks don't.
    The Canadian government doesn't need to impose reciprocal tariffs, the population is hitting back with grass roots action. Boycotts. Just about nobody will having a vacation in the US (the tourism sector is already screaming about mass cancellations) and they're refusing to buy "Made in USA". Liquor stores are pulling Jack Daniel's from the shelves because they can't move it.
      April 3, 2025 5:09 PM MDT
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  • 35144
    As I said it is a joke. 
    CA liquor stores are run by the gov....that is why they are pulling the JD etc.
      April 4, 2025 5:41 AM MDT
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