Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S. | CCPA
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Trump’s chaotic global tariff war, which has upended the international order, shows no sign of letting up. Presidents of the U.S. have long used trade as an instrument of power to assert economic and military dominance over the global economy. Trump however, does so against Canada and other allies—a vision driven by his pathological narcissistic…

Trump warned he will impose additional tariffs on the European Union and Canada if they band together to “do economic harm” against the United States.

Get @#$%ed, Trump. Good read. Short but detailed about how partnered we are already and what our next priorities should be

    • streetfestival@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Care to explain that a bit? I’m not that familiar with BRICS beyond the first paragraph of its Wiki page

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        11 days ago

        There’s a few BRICS member and partner countries in the Western hemisphere already: Brazil, Bolivia, and Cuba. In addition to the current members, the US is pissing all over its partners in Latin America and I think we can expect even more countries to join. If the US really is declining, Canada has to think about who its partners in the Western hemisphere are going to be.

            • ramchak@lemmy.caEnglish
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              10 days ago

              Montreal to La Paz Bolivia is almost 7000 km. Montreal to Budapest is 6600ish km. So the western hemisphere also can be half way around the world from Canada. You could reverse it and argue “It makes more sense to shore up relations in the Northern hemisphere than to go halfway around the world.”

            • streetfestival@lemmy.caOPEnglish
              7·
              11 days ago

              Thanks for sharing your perspective :). I think Canada needs to pick options of strategic value, and in that sense I’d guess EU > BRICS for Canada but idk. Bolivia and Cuba are pretty nearby to Canada but otherwise I don’t see the geographic argument so much

              • pivot_root@lemmy.world
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                11 days ago

                China might not be the worst option if you had to pick any of the BRICS countries. Lots of people, not landlocked, and huge potential for business. Canada absolutely shouldn’t trust them for anything involving defense or global politics, but they at least have more stability than we do as a trade partner.

                As for trusting BRICS as a whole… fuck no. Least of all, Russia.

          • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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            9 days ago

            BRICS would want us more than EU does. EU would likely play us if their devotion to US empire/hegemony forces can sabotage any trade/membership deal. BRICS are independent of US empire sabotage, and need to break up the evil unipolarism.

    • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      Yes, let’s join the countries that run on slavery! Then the conservatives don’t have to hide their plans to convert Canada into the North American branch of China’s slave labour industry.