A look inside Canada's last-minute efforts to avert Trump's steep tariffs - PBS NewsHour

[Rhiannon12866]

Trump says his 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada will go into effect on Tuesday, despite Canadian officials’ efforts to persuade their American counterparts that they have improved border security. John Yang speaks with David McGuinty, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, who has been meeting this week in Washington with administration officials. - Aired on 03/01/2025.

[Historic NY]

1. Its going to kill the car business.

Canadian high skilled worker forge most of the components for the auto industry. From engine block to crank shafts to transmission cases. Its been that way since the 50s.

[applegrove]

2. They say car parts go back and forth across the border

as they are assembled at least 5 times. It is going to devastate the car industry.

[Historic NY]

6. Oh yeah

and we aren't even talking about Mexico. Canada has high grade aluminum

[applegrove]

8. And aluminum is electricity in solid form said Chrystia Freeland.

Basically it takes tons of electricity to smelt aluminum and Quebec has cheap electricity from hydrodam sources. The US will have to divert electricity resources to make more aluminum if the market adjusts like Trump wants. The thing is electric cars, AI, bitcoin mining are all increasing and will need massive amounts of electricity too so the US is already short on electricity.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I consider this to be one of his most foolish mistakes, Canada has long been our closest neighbor and ally.

When new presidents take office, it's tradition to make their first "foreign" visit to our closest neighbor, Canada, TFG went to Saudi Arabia, no doubt at Jared's urging. Enough said.

[applegrove]

4. He just wants to destroy what is good in the world.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. That's certainly obvious. And he's exacting his retribution on the people of the U.S. as well as our long time allies

He's just an angry POS who is doing the opposite of what's expected of any president and placing this country in serious jeopardy regarding national security by working against our long time allies.

[applegrove]

7. Yup. He's been fed a fake agenda by Putin. I'm sure

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Putin has him thinking Trump can tear down the interconnectedness of the free world and not start WWIII. I can't believe he thinks he's going to get the Nobel for following an autocrat's manipulations and flattery.

[mahina]

9. Oh sis, it was no mistake. He intends to strip us of all our allies and leave us standing on our own.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Cruelty is the point with him...

It's been obvious since the beginning, he will turn on anybody, I have no idea why it's taking so long for everyone to catch on.

[mahina]

11. Right???