Canada and U.S. should form self-reliant bloc for fertilizer, Carney suggests
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-canada-united-states-fertilizer-potash-september-22/
Canada and U.S. should form self-reliant bloc for fertilizer, Carney suggests
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-canada-united-states-fertilizer-potash-september-22/
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How about fucking no Carney? Why should we give any leverage to the US here. Fuck them.
Carney is that you? like why after all this while
Should? They should be a lot nicer
Canada should obviously do this. It’s too bad we have been too focused on torching the relationship with the US for domestic political gain.
As Chretien said a couple of days ago – the US only buys what it needs from us. I don’t see the point of forming a bloc with anyone this unreliable.
Canada should have veto power over the US from purchasing potash from anyone else, make sure that all contracts for potash are in English as well as French, and remove the US tariffs on Canada.
We should because blocking potash would be a great escalation. So if we force Trump team to admit they need potash, we hammer that in every negotiations until he is out of office. You said you didn’t need us but Potash.. and repeat
Nah, jack up the prices quite a bit for the Americans to make up for any economic losses
Hey Carney maybe read the room
Hard pass on that
Do they really need fertilizer though? I mean with the amount of bullshit that comes out of Trump’s mouth.
Are we really going to trust the current US administration? Have we learned nothing?
By ensuring that the US gets what they absolutely need from Canada, the US gets license to strongarm us in all other sectors. We should be trading a takedown of all tariffs against Canada in exchange for not selling our potash supply to Brazil, China, and India instead of the aggressors to the south.
If he said this 5 years ago I might have believed it was a good idea.
It’s amazing to be that some can’t see the meta of this. He’s teaching dimwits how to understand what’s actually good for them with a simple example.
This is another way to pressure the current administration. The farmers need stability and mid term is coming. Good move.
What are we getting out of this? Can we secure independence for ourselves in other areas?
The adult in the room
hey trump it be a shame if you couldn’t get that fertilizer
We’ve made enough deals with this joke of a country.
It’s ironic that with all crap Trump spews daily that the US needs to import fertilizer
Nothing wrong with a well placed olive branch that benefits Canada and makes us seem like reasonable/sane negotiators. Take the high road and make trump look bad again.
The US should fuck off
Just want to say this thread (or whatever it’s called) has been enjoyable to read. It highlights different opinions and remains polite and often informative. 👍 to you all!
Edit: many thanks for the award!
Trump’s very public Belarus blunder definitely showed his small hands.
I’m sure Canadian negotiators were aware of Canada’s potash advantage but Belarus openly and publicly saying they can not meet US demands means any bluffs the US side may have made earlier that they could find other suppliers is now non-existant.
Man, what a champ Mark is. That’s just perfect.
With his majority Carney will pivot into US investment mode and land a trade agreement exactly like what was offered.
Shrink the Federal Government workforce, crash unionize strikes and bypass natives via 1 yrs gov reviews.
It’s glorious to have a Con in power.
Sure Brookfield and his old E.U. friends get rich but corruption is the Quebec and laurentian way.
Enjoy all
Carney could say the US can open a military base on Baffin Island and Liberal supporters here would tell us why that is a genius move
What’s the point of deal making with a partner that ignores the deals or rewrites them on a whim?
this is Carney’s Golden Bridge, time will tell if it works
Carney is developing the relationship with the next US government, and dangling a treat in front of trump to keep him on better behavior
He is wrong.
This would require cooperation, trust, and agreements written in INK.
No we should ship all of product we ship to the united states and send it to china. Shouldn’t be a problem because after all u s a doesn’t need anything from canada
Trump will come after the entire bloc. He’s not someone we should negotiate with.
As long as the US pays market price.
How could PP do this?
Trump’s trying to stay ahead of a possible export tariff on potash by Canada in response to his latest tariffs on Canadian goods. The US imports 90% of what it needs from us. It’s a critical agricultural fertilizer for American farmers. Sound’s like Carney is hinting that he might decide to expand the range of products we’ve put an export tariff on.
Ya no, hell man.