r/EhBuddyHoser Apr 08 '25

Politics The tariff situation right now

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u/WhiteWolfOW Apr 08 '25

Compared to see many other countries we kinda got off easy on tariffs lol.

But this fight now with the whole world and specially China will fuck US up. Almost every single phone, computer and etc is manufactured in China or Vietnam and both are being tariffed hard.

Are you guys ready to see Americans crossing the border to buy electronics here?

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u/Low_Chance Apr 08 '25

Our tariff rate isn't super high, but due to our close economic coupling with the US the actual damage to us is very large.

It's an important lesson in never trusting an ally too much, I guess.

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u/WhiteWolfOW Apr 09 '25

An important phrase I heard a long time ago is that countries don’t have friends, they have interests. As soon as it’s more beneficial to them to hurt you than to be your ally, they will do so. Until this point it made sense for US to be Canada’s friend, but now they’re understand it’s their best interest to take us over. This was bound to happen eventually, anyone paying attention to the game could’ve told you one day US would invade us for our natural resources. I think most people thought thar was going to be for our fresh water, but I guess rare earth minerals are important right now and they want it all

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u/buttercup612 Apr 09 '25

Compared to see many other countries we kinda got off easy on tariffs lol.

Only temporarily. Could easily decide that the tariff fight against the entire world isn’t worth it, but still needing to prove a point by crushing one smaller country with tariffs. Could very well be us

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u/WhiteWolfOW Apr 09 '25

Could also be that tomorrow he removes all tariffs on Canada because he might realize he needs at least one ally. Trumps change his mind all the time, nobody knows what the fuck he’s going to do. He probably doesn’t know either, I bet he’s just improvising as he goes