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Never crossed my mind that, one day, I could be celebrating retaliatory Canadian tariffs, but the Trump presidency is truly an Age of Miracles.
Canada is genius. Check this out:
“This list was clearly drawn strategically to exert maximum pain politically for the president,” said Maryscott Greenwood of the Canadian American Business Council.
“The idea is, you look at a map of the congressional districts of the United States, you look at which members of Congress are in leadership positions and then you look at the big industries in those districts and then you draw up your list accordingly,” she said. “And this list was clearly drawn up with this in mind.”
Take Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents a district in Wisconsin where there is significant cucumber and gherkin industry.
That state also has a large dairy industry, which could help explain why yogurt was added to the list. But Wisconsin is also home to a manufacturing plant and distribution centres belonging to the Toro Company, the owner of several lawn mower manufacturers that sell to Canada. Which probably explains why “mowers for lawns, parks or sports-grounds” were added to the list…. “When it comes to the details of the lists, once you get past the steel (and) aluminum, there are obvious slaps like whiskey, which is of course aimed at Mitch McConnell in Kentucky,” said Gordon Ritchie, a trade expert who negotiated Canada’s first free trade agreement with the U.S.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/steel-tariff-maple-syrup-toilet-paper-1.4686833
And the EU follows suit. 25% on red state products.
http://thehill.com/policy/international/390957-us-imports-to-face-eu-duties-in-july
The U.S. products the EU will place duties on include orange juice, bourbon, jeans, motorcycles and certain steel products, Reuters reported.
The EU joins Canada and Mexico in responding to the new tariffs with their own.
Canada placed tariffs on $12.9 billion worth of U.S. goods while Mexico placed tariffs on a variety of U.S. products.
Many of the products targeted come from states where Republicans are running for reelection in the midterm elections.
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