It is an axiom that you get less of what you tax. Tariffs (really a kind of excise tax) are a textbook example of the United States getting less of what it taxes, namely raw materials from abroad ... and rubber.

https://reason.com/2026/05/15/a-north-carolina-goodyear-plant-is-the-latest-victim-of-trumps-misguided-tariffs-and-costly-iran-war/

#DonaldTrump #economics #freeMarkets #freeTrade #NorthCarolina #tariffs #taxation #Thailand #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics

By #CarolineBoudakian via #Substack May 16, 2026
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#CANADA IS HAVING A HUGE MOMENT. YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT FROM OUR #MEDIA
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FYI: Canada is the only #G7 country with a #FreeTrade agreement with every other G7 nation

#Economy #Canadian #MarkCarney #ForeignDirectInvestment #FDI #Tariffs #GDP #Postmedia #NationalPost #OttawaCitizen #VancouverSun #CalgaryHerald #EdmontonJournal #MontrealGazette #TorontoSun #ChathamAssetManagement #PrivateEquity #CanadianJournalism

https://carolineboudakian651916.substack.com/p/canada-is-having-a-huge-moment-youd

At the Copenhagen #Democracy Summit, Chairman and former Danish PM & NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has unveiled a new Democracies-7 coalition concept, putting forward Canadian PM Mark Carney as its inaugural chairman. Its goal is to unite middle powers in a rules-based order, with enough financial clout to stand up to global hegemons.

https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/files/138/d7-formatted_1778445542.pdf

#FreeTrade #Defence #Coalition #Australia #Canada #EU #Japan #NewZealand #SouthKorea #UK #Brazil #India #Norway

Nowhere in this post are the United-States.

So much winning for MAGA cultists.

It is as if a new world is taking shape.

#Trump #Canada #Mercosur #FreeTrade