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Canada, other copper suppliers push back against possible Trump tariffs
The three countries supply 94% of U.S. imports of refined copper and copper alloys, and told the Trump administration that those imports do not threaten U.S. security interests.
#politics #trade #tariffs #economy #Canada #US
https://globalnews.ca/news/11132713/donald-trump-tariffs-copper-canada-chile-peru/

Canada, other copper suppliers push back against possible Trump tariffs

The three countries supply 94% of U.S. imports of refined copper and copper alloys, and told the Trump administration that those imports do not threaten U.S. security interests.

Global News

Global News London 2m ago

‘Extremely vulnerable’: Toronto businesses brace for high costs amid tariffs
Toronto braces for U.S. tariffs as 75 per cent of local businesses expect rising costs. The city is pushing out an economic action plan to protect jobs and boost resilience.
#business #economics #tariffs #trade #Toronto #US
https://globalnews.ca/news/11132548/ontario-businesses-high-costs-tariffs/

‘Extremely vulnerable’: Toronto businesses brace for high costs amid tariffs

Toronto braces for U.S. tariffs as 75 per cent of local businesses expect rising costs. The city is pushing out an economic action plan to protect jobs and boost resilience.

Global News

Blaze Trends 12m ago

Taiwan to Simulate Impact of US Tariffs on Chip Industry Amid Trade Talks

#chipindustry #semiconductorindustry #Taiwan #tariffs #UStrade
https://blazetrends.com/taiwan-to-simulate-impact-of-us-tariffs-on-chip-industry-amid-trade-talks/?fsp_sid=12838

Taiwan to Simulate Impact of US Tariffs on Chip Industry Amid Trade Talks

Taiwan's Economy Minister, Kuo Jyh-huei, has announced plans to assess the potential impact of the US semiconductor tariffs on the island's industry. The move

Blaze Trends

Ida loves Earth 13m ago

#us #trump #stevemiller #immigration #fascism #resistance #democracy #tariffs

The #fascist cult leaders are stupid enough to do too much in too little time so that they effectively help in growing the collective resistance much quicker and with #revolutionary vibes around...

https://text.tchncs.de/heavenonearth/government-madness-in-the-us-with-implosion-guarantee

Government madness in the #US with implosion guarantee

The entire US government team strikes me as a freak show of three-dimensional caricatures, amateurishly performing an instructive farce. The unintended side effect of this farce is to ma...

HeavenonEarth

HeavenonEarth 22m ago

Government madness in the #US with implosion guarantee

https://text.tchncs.de/heavenonearth/government-madness-in-the-us-with-implosion-guarantee

Government madness in the #US with implosion guarantee

The entire US government team strikes me as a freak show of three-dimensional caricatures, amateurishly performing an instructive farce. The unintended side effect of this farce is to ma...

HeavenonEarth

Kim Perales 35m ago

🚨EU EXPECTS US TARIFFS TO REMAIN AS TALKS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS

Equity markets are being way too complacent if you ask me."
-S Hakimian

"MSM is missing the point, Trump, with the aid of Congressional Republicans, is intentionally tanking the economy for #privatization.

"Trump, Xi "don't have any plans" to speak amid tariff standoff."

"Japan PM cautions against major concessions in US trade talks."

#Tariffs #Trumpcession
#Resist #April19 #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jamieson-greer-trump-xi-tariff-standoff/
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5247771-japan-trade-talks-us/

Trump, Xi "don't have any plans" to speak amid tariff standoff, says U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer said President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping "don't have any plans" to speak amid an escalating trade war between the two countries.

CBS News

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic 39m ago

Very insightful podcast:

Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong

“That’s the first thing he told me when recounting his recent trip to China.

It’s not just because of the trade war that President #Trump is escalating right now. Friedman believes the whole Washington consensus on China — that the country is a hostile adversary — is dangerous and based on an outdated understanding of what #China now is”
#tariffs
https://overcast.fm/+ABLShO7PaNM

Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong — The Ezra Klein Show

My colleague Tom Friedman thinks we’re screwed. That’s the first thing he told me when recounting his recent trip to China. It’s not just because of the trade war that President Trump is escalating right now. Friedman believes the whole Washington consensus on China — that the country is a hostile adversary — is dangerous and based on an outdated understanding of what China now is. He saw how China’s manufacturing and technology have advanced so far that in many ways it now surpasses the United States’. In this conversation, Friedman walks me through the advancements he saw in some of the most critical fields of the coming decades — including A.I., E.V.s and clean energy. We discuss why he sees the current consensus as dangerous, what a different path might look like and what the United States should do to develop its domestic manufacturing so that we don’t “get steamrolled.” This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: “I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.” by Thomas L. Friedman Genesis by…