Re:Canada Is Preparing Steel Quotas, Tariffs on China and Ot...
by microcolonel on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:32AM
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> If anything as a Canadian I rather see Canada openly and aggressive court China, Russia, EU and Mexico+Brazil as trading partners to significantly reduce dependence on US.
Why? This is worse than working with the U.S. even with the tariffs. Furthermore, Canada is little more than a suburb of the U.S. as far as military projection; whose navy guards the Canadian ships if Canada flips the bird to the U.S?
> Canada needs to understand need of the hour is not to engage in moral-schooling with China and not to support ire-invoking causes in China -- our priority is Canada, Canadian economy and Canadians.
China is seizing Canadian property from Chinese people for political influence, I don't think this is the time to treat China with no suspicion.
> For too long our courting of USA and India has resulted in both US and India becoming arrogant towards us when it comes to foreign policy and diplomatic protocols.
> Finally, as a clear signal, Canada should step up border patrol and aggressively stop any intake of folks fleeing to Canada from USA - US needs to understand Canada is not a dumping ground for their unwanted folks.
Why? This is worse than working with the U.S. even with the tariffs. Furthermore, Canada is little more than a suburb of the U.S. as far as military projection; whose navy guards the Canadian ships if Canada flips the bird to the U.S?
> Canada needs to understand need of the hour is not to engage in moral-schooling with China and not to support ire-invoking causes in China -- our priority is Canada, Canadian economy and Canadians.
China is seizing Canadian property from Chinese people for political influence, I don't think this is the time to treat China with no suspicion.
> For too long our courting of USA and India has resulted in both US and India becoming arrogant towards us when it comes to foreign policy and diplomatic protocols.
> Finally, as a clear signal, Canada should step up border patrol and aggressively stop any intake of folks fleeing to Canada from USA - US needs to understand Canada is not a dumping ground for their unwanted folks.
This is pretty limited.