The Canadian government has insisted that information on domestic goods is readily available to all trading partners, even including nations that recently elected a felony-convicted game show host to be their head of state. Instead, the United States has decided to employ a rarely-chosen trade tactic that international economists refer to as the “fuck around and find out” model.

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    10 hours ago

    This doesn’t even have to be The Onion, but just straight news. This is exactly how it is going to work.

    I saw some of the dipshit commenters on a WSJ article giving examples of things affected and how their prices might change - lots of “Well, I don’t need these things, and paying 5 cents more for making brown people suffer is worth it, anyway!”

    Yeah, I guess we will see…

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      7 hours ago

      But the twist is that it still won’t be portrayed as Trump’s fault. Unfair Canada declares war for no reason or whatever.

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        Oh, without a doubt. I’ve already seen some of their ridiculous people try to prep their stupid base with “…but it will be worth it” kind of narratives. I bet you’ll hear more than a few of the marks parrot this idiocy.