US Ambassador to Canada: Become Europe, get treated like Europe

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says the Trump administration may subject Canada to the EU trade agreement, which imposes 15% tariffs on most European exports, amid Mark Carney being offered associate EU membership.

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In a recent interview, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra shared his thoughts, noting that the preliminary trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada can no longer be the starting point for future talks. He said too much had changed in just three and a half weeks, including the EU proposal. Hoekstra offered a possible response that would have significant implications for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement and U.S.-Canada trade.

“I’ve talked with our trade negotiators, and they said, ‘Well, that may just kind of simplify things, because we have a trade agreement with the EU. We may just slide Canada in under the EU trade agreement. We won’t treat Canada as a country with whom we have a four- or five-thousand-mile border anymore. Canada has made its decision. It is aligning with the EU, so it only makes sense for the U.S. to put Canada under that trade agreement,'” he said. Washington, in other words, could seek to apply the 15 per cent tariff ceiling imposed on most EU exports.

(The US is currently treating Europe like a ticking time bomb ready to explode, which needs to be disciplined with sanctions towards democratic values like you might do with a third world shithole. That's what the tariff is and Canada is next)

 

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Also the booze tariffs levied against Canadian booze begin tomorrow.