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Canada will keep in place its retaliatory tariffs against US-made products as long as President Donald Trump persists with a trade war, said Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister-designate.

    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      The Democrats don’t tend to immediately back out of whatever direction the previous Republicans set the country in. maybe it has something to do with not being wasteful or respecting democracy or I don’t know . I’d imagine this New foreign policy will last for 20 years.

      • atzanteolEnglish
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        1 day ago

        There’s a general governing philosophy that presidents tend to maintain agreements, policies, etc. agreed to by previous administrations. You want an international policy that is reasonably stable otherwise it makes it difficult for foreign nations to deal with the US.

        Then we elected chucklefuck…

          • atzanteolEnglish
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            1 day ago

            I’m just reinforcing that it’s generally a “good thing” and done for a reason rather. Partisans tend to think it’s a bad thing, but it’s not.