Here’s How Canada Would Rank As the 51st State Of the U.S.
An Introduction President Donald Trump suggested Canada become the “51st state” and the graphic below from visualcapitalist.com compares various educational, crime, and economic statistics for each U.S. state and Canada.
Trump’s Misdirection Regarding Canada’s Zero-Tariff Quota Arrangement With the U.S. On Its Dairy Products
An Introduction Canada has for decades irked U.S. lawmakers with “supply management” policies that support Canadian farmers and protect its dairy, egg and poultry industries from foreign competition and function as major trade barriers above zero-tariff quota maximums to prevent the dumping of such products into the Canadian marketplace.. Zero-tariff Quota Maximums Yes, Canada does, […]
The Reality of Tariffs: They’re Counter-Capitalistic & Foolish – Here’s Why
An Introduction The original article by Spencer Wright, an investment advisor representative with Halbert Wealth Management, Inc. and a contributor to Forecasts & Trends, is presented below with some very minor edits [ ] and (…) to ensure a fast and easy read. The Reality of Tariffs I could go on and on, but…[below are] […]
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, […]
