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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing to restart stalled trade talks with the U.K. as Canada seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S. amid Trump's trade war.

While Trudeau secured a temporary delay on U.S. tariffs by agreeing to border security measures, uncertainty remains.

Talks with the U.K. broke down last year over agricultural disputes, but Canada sees renewed negotiations as beneficial for trade diversification.

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[–] Olap@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Well you can see he hasn't yet done a huge amount in Europe at all. Including Ukraine, which he once boasted about solving day one. I suspect due to no right wing parties in UK, France, or Germany he lacks enough leverage to actually do much. In addition, the US tech markets are almost wholesale extracting wealth out of the EU with their services and guess who is his right hand man?

He may well fuck this all up yet, or run out of culture wars BS with his current neighbours, and so turn his view to Europe. But he's also old, how much bandwidth does he have to deal with it too? Palestine, South Africa, Mexico, Canada - and that's just this week! Isn't he supposed to be making America great again?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

No right wing parties in Germany? I wish. Luckily, musk seems to be driving people away from afd (though bsw and fw are still problematic af), but I’m not holding out hope that they’re not just staying quiet out of shame. I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.

Edit: I can’t believe I forgot about the cxu, which is historically the most popular party and getting ever friendlier with the far right.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

No right wing in power is what I meant, why else do you think Musk is bigging up the afd? If Germany and USA bilaterally stop supporting Ukraine then it's game over. Only 1 and they are Russian pawns, a blame game ensues. 2 and it's "Ukraine needs to accept Russian rule, they are historically Russian"

[–] Thrillhouse@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I mean there’s no right wing party in Canada either. The one we had has lost serious momentum over this.

He doesn’t joke. He said tariffs are coming for Europe and they will. Canada 51st state isn’t a joke.

To be honest Canada’s feeling pretty alone and abandoned by the international community. Other allies should also be standing up to this nonsense. This isn’t how we all stand up to bullies.

I don’t think it’s a factor about him being old. He’s a figurehead. It’s the tech bro billionaires and ghouls he’s putting in place to operationalize their own plans. This includes dismantling democracy. That’s not just going to stop with the US.

They’ll be coming at you guys soon enough. Best to figure out which side you’re on.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I very much agree, but the UK has shown that it wants to be a bully itself by pulling out of the EU. Trump parallels with the rise of the third Reich, and appeasement politicians were proven wrong in the 30s. But until Trump literally invades we won't see anyone really stand-up is my bet. The economics are what is dictating this ultimately. Don't be in deficit to America