Trump’s “Art of the Deal” Style of International Negotiations Not Working! Here’s Why
An Introduction This post is a summary of an interview with David Honiq, an adjunct professor at Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University where he teaches negotiations, about Donald Trump and his style of negotiations and the inherent weakness in his “distributive bargaining” approach. Distributive Bargaining “Distributive bargaining always has a winner […]
Take A Look: These 23 States Will Be Severely Impacted By Canada’s 25% Retaliatory Tariffs! Here’s Why
Introduction Canada is the top import partner for 23 U.S. states (see list below) and this infographic from VisualCapitalist identifies those states as of November 2024. From the above graphic you will notice that 6 states import 50% or more of their goods from Canada, namely: Montana: 86% North Dakota: 75% Maine: 67% Vermont: 67% […]
Charlie Angus: “The Resistance Has Started – Canadians Will Never Kiss Trump’s Ring, No Matter How Hard the Fight!”
Introduction Charlie Angus, a longtime Member of Parliament from Northeastern Ontario, has published his observations about recent NATO meetings in Brussels which have been edited, reformatted, highlighted and abridged below. I Didn’t Think It Would Be Like This “I was sure that when Donald Trump started shooting off his mouth about Ukraine and kissing up to Putin, […]
Trump Needs Canadian Aluminum Or He’ll Never “Make America Great Again”! Here’s Why
Introduction Trump has announced a tariffs on imported aluminum that is set to come into effect April 2nd, and Quebec Premier Francois Legault thinks that’s one battle that Canada can win. “They really need us,” Legault told reporters in Washington…More than half of U.S. aluminum imports come from Canada, and most of it from Quebec […]
