[Lemmy]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

In the immortal words of the penquins from that Madagascar movie, when the US goes into one of their periodic shit hemorrhages over trade/the border/security: "Smile and wave, boys, smile and wave."

Yup. We don't have to like it, but we're the pilot fish and the USA's our shark. They don't eat, we don't eat. They go long enough without eating, they eat us. That's just life in the lagoon we call North America.

[dino_bobba_renno]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:

kenmore kenmore:

The gov't is opening talks on free trade with the European Union countries, maybe we can trade with them more.. I think it will work both ways.. we can stop buying US produce.. we are the closest partner for fresh fruit and veggies.. we are entering out own growing season.. let the US produce rot on the shelves .. see how long before Florida, Idaho and California take to lobby for reciprocity

Actually that's a really good point there Kenmore. It's in our best intrest to begin fostering new trade agreements so that we're not so dependant on the US for trade and vaunrable to protectionist attacks.

Yeah that one comes up every few years. Like when the pacific market opened up (China and Asia) there was a lot of talk about lowering our trade dependence on the US. Easier said than done though. The US is right there--less than 50 miles away from 90% of the Canadian population.

Oh I'm not saying it will be the cure all but does help lessen the blow when the US gets moody.

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

In the immortal words of the penquins from that Madagascar movie, when the US goes into one of their periodic shit hemorrhages over trade/the border/security: "Smile and wave, boys, smile and wave."

Agreed, that pretty much sums up our options

[mtbr]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Bacardi4206 Bacardi4206:

Lemmy Lemmy:

So, you're advocating that we become a nation of nomadic hunters and gatherers?

Thats coming from where?

If we don't deal with America, that's our option. If we don't sell to the USA, we might as well close up shop, build teepees and go fishing.

We can just dump all our surplus products in a pit and burn it. We might have to in order to keep warm since we'll all be jobless.