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This is not something you see every day in Canadian Federal politics. But Trump has managed to unit all three major Federal parties behind the PM. They ALL fully support Trudeau in placing our own tariffs on other goods coming in from the US.

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The United States has the world's largest trade deficit. It's been that way since 1975.

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The deficit in goods and services was $566 billion in 2017. Imports were $2.895 trillion and exports were only $2.329 trillion. The U.S. trade deficit in goods, without services, was $810 billion. The United States exported $1.551 trillion in goods. The biggest categories were commercial aircraft, automobiles, and food. It imported $2.361 trillion. The largest categories were automobiles, petroleum, and cell phones....

Most of the trading partners that the United States has deficits with fall into the first two categories. The two largest are China and Japan. Some of the largest deficits are with countries in the last category. They include Canada, Mexico, and Germany.

... the top five [USA] trading partners also have the largest deficits. [THESE ARE, FOR GOODS ONLY] ...

China - $636 billion traded with a $375 billion deficit.
Canada - $582 billion traded with an $18 billion deficit.
Mexico - $557 billion traded with a $71 billion deficit.
Japan - $204 billion traded with a $69 billion deficit.
Germany - $171 billion traded with a $65 billion deficit.

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The G7 Summit Highlights Western Leaders' Hypocrisy

Other countries pretend to be interested in free trade; in reality they only care about their own advantage ...

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Originally posted by whozit:
You guys have free health care correct? Does that mean your PM can get new phony eyebrows for free?

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Originally posted by Brenda:
This is not something you see every day in Canadian Federal politics. But Trump has managed to unit all three major Federal parties behind the PM. They ALL fully support Trudeau in placing our own tariffs on other goods coming in from the US.

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Canada’s trade surplus with U.S. soars to highest level in 3 years June 2017 https://globalnews.ca/news/3498100/canada-us-trade-surplus/

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Originally posted by whozit:
You guys have free health care correct? Does that mean your PM can get new phony eyebrows for free?

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Yes, we do.

Sorry Trump has to pay for his own Toupees.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Funny that GSTRING should focus on a single item- dairy products- to discuss our trade imbalance with Canada.

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fuck trump, up with Canada...- THUGR

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
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President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
It seems rather silly that we're both selling dairy to each other.

What a waste of gas cow farts.

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
-against-canadian-dairy-tariffs/

President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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OH DEAR GOD!! All this grief over butter and milk?! I thought Canada's biggest export was unfunny stand up comics? Can we put a tariff on Howie Mandel?

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
-against-canadian-dairy-tariffs/

President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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OH DEAR GOD!! All this grief over butter and milk?! I thought Canada's biggest export was unfunny stand up comics? Can we put a tariff on Howie Mandel?

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Thought you guys liked John Candy? Though we did let you have William Shatner but we really would like Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite back.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
John Candy was amazing.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
-against-canadian-dairy-tariffs/

President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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OH DEAR GOD!! All this grief over butter and milk?! I thought Canada's biggest export was unfunny stand up comics? Can we put a tariff on Howie Mandel?

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Thought you guys liked John Candy? Though we did let you have William Shatner but we really would like Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite back.

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John Candy is dead, (God rest him) Jewel just does Cons these days and Nathan doesn't work Fridays. I am now going to put AMERICAN milk from an AMERICAN cow into my coffee....moo

P.S. We're keeping Shatner, he's one of us now

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
-against-canadian-dairy-tariffs/

President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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OH DEAR GOD!! All this grief over butter and milk?! I thought Canada's biggest export was unfunny stand up comics? Can we put a tariff on Howie Mandel?

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Thought you guys liked John Candy? Though we did let you have William Shatner but we really would like Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite back.

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John Candy is dead, (God rest him) Jewel just does Cons these days and Nathan doesn't work Fridays. I am now going to put AMERICAN milk from an AMERICAN cow into my coffee....moo

P.S. We're keeping Shatner, he's one of us now

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You are more than welcome to Shatner.

Got news for you. Canadian milk went on my cereal this morning and right now I am sitting down to ice cream made in Canada.

Tonight for supper I will be eating a CANADIAN chicken as well as CANADIAN brussel sprouts.

So there.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
John Candy was amazing.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Uncle Buck" is one of my fav flicks, the scene with Buck and the drunk Clown is one of the funniest scenes in motion picture history...at least I think that.

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
I have no idea what you mean by 100% tariffs.

This is a good primer on the back and forth with Canada and dairy import/export between the 2:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/06/13/a-trumped-up-charge
-against-canadian-dairy-tariffs/

President Trump and his Administration have based their public spat—and that is putting the term mildly—with Canada on that country’s “270 percent” tariffs on U.S. dairy imports. Some facts would help to put this claim in perspective.

First, Canada’s props up its dairy industry by using both import quotas and domestic production quotas. As part of this system, Canada has negotiated import quotas with each of its major trading partners. The U.S. has obtained a favorable quota and, as a result, exports more dairy products to Canada than it imports from Canada. In 2017, Americans sold $792 million in dairy products to Canada, while Canadians sold $149 million in dairy products to the U.S., creating a tidy trade surplus for the U.S. of nearly $650 million.

Second, Canada only imposes high tariffs on imports above the quota, not on all the dairy products U.S. producers sell to them. For example, Canadian tariffs on dairy products within the quota are often zero and never more than a few percent. Above the quota, tariffs on dairy products range from 200 percent to over 300 percent. As a practical matter, no dairy products are sold to Canada outside the quota, so no U.S. exports really pay a high tariff.

Third, in addition to subsidizing domestic dairy production, the U.S. also uses a quota system to elevate prices for many farm products, including dairy. U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales. Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products are based in part on the value of U.S. quotas and tariffs. This practice is the kind of reciprocity that the President claims he wants in all U.S. trade deals—but on dairy trade between the U.S. and Canada, it’s already happening.

As always, if Trump says something it has a very high probability of being a lie.

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OH DEAR GOD!! All this grief over butter and milk?! I thought Canada's biggest export was unfunny stand up comics? Can we put a tariff on Howie Mandel?

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Thought you guys liked John Candy? Though we did let you have William Shatner but we really would like Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite back.

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John Candy is dead, (God rest him) Jewel just does Cons these days and Nathan doesn't work Fridays. I am now going to put AMERICAN milk from an AMERICAN cow into my coffee....moo

P.S. We're keeping Shatner, he's one of us now

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You are more than welcome to Shatner.

Got news for you. Canadian milk went on my cereal this morning and right now I am sitting down to ice cream made in Canada.

Tonight for supper I will be eating a CANADIAN chicken as well as CANADIAN brussel sprouts.

So there.

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I do not want to go to war with Canadian Browncoats, fine, you win

P.S. I love you...but you have cooties.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
For me, Uncle Buck us way up there, but I think Canadian Bacon topped it. With some Akroyd guy, plus Steven Weight.

I feel safe from Canadian Invasion because Wisconsin has a Lake covering our shared border.

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
Wait........you got Cinema all over my RWED (just sayin')


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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
For me, Uncle Buck us way up there, but I think Canadian Bacon topped it. With some Akroyd guy, plus Steven Weight.

I feel safe from Canadian Invasion because Wisconsin has a Lake covering our shared border.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
John Candy was amazing.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Uncle Buck" is one of my fav flicks, the scene with Buck and the drunk Clown is one of the funniest scenes in motion picture history...at least I think that.

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Loved that movie. lol the scene where he's got the boyfriend in the trunk.

I actually owned a 77 LTD. I wasn't even aware that it was Uncle Buck's car until my boss pointed it out to me and we looked it up on Google.

Now that I'm an uncle myself, I wish I still had that car.



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
John Candy was amazing.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Uncle Buck" is one of my fav flicks, the scene with Buck and the drunk Clown is one of the funniest scenes in motion picture history...at least I think that.

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Loved that movie. lol the scene where he's got the boyfriend in the trunk.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
John Candy was amazing.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Uncle Buck" is one of my fav flicks, the scene with Buck and the drunk Clown is one of the funniest scenes in motion picture history...at least I think that.

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Loved that movie. lol the scene where he's got the boyfriend in the trunk.

I actually owned a 77 LTD. I wasn't even aware that it was Uncle Buck's car until my boss pointed it out to me and we looked it up on Google.

Now that I'm an uncle myself, I wish I still had that car.



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sorry 6 but Bucks car was a 1975 Mercury

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Here's the car I had:

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Originally posted by captaincrunch:
That's a damn gorgeous car - looks like it was in great shape too. I wish you could have kept it - sold it to Hollywood or the Smithsonian.

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