| ▲ | Gabrys1 5 hours ago |
| I think a retaliation for a tariff should be an export tax. Let's say Canada puts a 50% export tax on maple syrup unless the car tariff is withheld |
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| ▲ | dragon-hn 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It would be the most effective way to hurt Americans. But it isn’t politically possible for Canada to do this. The two segments that would be most effective, oil & gas and potash happen to come from provinces that already have significant issues with the federal government. One is even flirting with separation, which would be inflamed by export taxes. Canada is also very venerable to similar actions by the Americans. Refined oil products, fertilizers and oil & gas pipeline transit all come from the Americans. It is fun to imagine Canada sticking it to the Americans with export taxes, but it will never happen. |
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| ▲ | jappgar 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | The primary issue they have is not being allowed to become vassal states of US empire quickly enough. "Western alienation" is created and maintained by American propaganda. |
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| ▲ | locallost 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I also had this idea, but it can't be something you can get in another place. But for something like potash it might work. But I think overall it does not really matter. A war is a war, so there will be no real winners. Here we go again. |
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| ▲ | philistine 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Québec makes 80% of the world’s maple syrup. You pretty much can’t get it anywhere else. | | |
| ▲ | mint5 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Except the USA has its own supply. Vermont would be strongly pro Canadian syrup export tax | |
| ▲ | locallost 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sure, but I am also not sure it's really that essential. People can grumble and either pay or not buy. Potash cannot really be not used in modern agriculture. |
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| ▲ | unsupp0rted 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What's wrong with Vermont maple syrup? |
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| ▲ | kimos 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Quebec alone produces more maple syrup than everywhere else in the world combined, by a wide margin. | | |
| ▲ | unsupp0rted 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure, but that's no reason not to rely on locally-sourced products where possible, and Vermont makes it possible in this case | | |
| ▲ | jappgar 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | No it doesn't make it possible. It can't possibly make up the difference. | | |
| ▲ | unsupp0rted 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Why not? | | |
| ▲ | kimos an hour ago | parent [-] | | Maple farms take decades to reach maturity. The US imports about 4x more maple from Canada than Vermont’s entire production capacity. It’s not possible. So consumers will pay double or substitute with flavoured corn syrup. |
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| ▲ | Gabrys1 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I don't know, maybe there's not enough of it? > Canada supplies the overwhelming majority of U.S. maple-syrup imports. | | |
| ▲ | Gabrys1 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Oh, also add a note on the bottle that this higher price is thanks to your beloved Trump. Canadians are way too nice to do this, but it would be sensational. | | |
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| ▲ | threetonesun 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Nothing, but they don’t make enough. Unless it claims to be 100% Vermont it’s likely blended with Canadian or entirely Canadian maple syrup. | | |
| ▲ | raddan 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Scarcity is not really the problem—it is price competitiveness. Many, possibly most, maple syrup producers in New England do not sell to national grocery store chains. You go to the sugar house and buy a jug which is typically much more expensive than what you’d find in a grocery store. But you also have more choices, since you can buy from a person who sells different grades. I rarely see more than one grade for sale in a US grocery store. I don’t mind paying a little extra for something I use in such small quantities to support a neighbor. |
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| ▲ | Gabrys1 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Make it car exports as well. A small 5-10% export fee, so that the premium Americans pay for the cars is distributed between both countries | |
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