First off, I want to start this by saying that I think the trade war Trump started with y'all is pretty ludicrous, and I am not a fan. That said, what is up with this? Are you all, as a country, that afraid of losing our alliance that you're already running back to Europe? When I first started reading the article I thought it must be satire.... except that the WSJ does not post satire.....
Shortly after Canada and America became embroiled in the worst bilateral trade war in their modern history, the secure phones of Europe’s top leaders lit up with a trans-Atlantic call. Mark Carney was pushing to take Canada’s relationship with the EU to the next level—a bold gambit to rewire the economic cabling of the Western alliance.
For months, the Canadian prime minister had held private conversations with almost every major European leader—from France to Italy, Germany and Scandinavia and even some of the continent’s lesser-known royals—on how to more deeply plug Canada and its 41 million people into Europe’s 27-nation club.
Now, Carney was accelerating Canada’s pivot to Europe, matchmaking a shotgun marriage to offset the pain of its divorce with America. In effect, a threat to make Canada the 51st state is pushing America’s northern neighbor so close to Europe that leaders have begun to half-in-jest dub it the EU’s newest member.The rest of the story....(For some reason some people can not see the WSJ articles that I gift, so if you can't and want to read it, say something and I will copy and paste the entire thing.)
It is simple.
You are no longer trustworthy (You dont keep your word) No one will continue to do buisness with someone who signs contract then breaks them.If your word is shite then what do you expect?
We have always been in the commonwealth-the UK club with Australia and many other countries.The UK is part of the EU (founding member) so a natural alliance for sure,
We are also a founding member of NATO and the EU also belongs in the Alliance.
As far as China goes-their money is as good as yours,and you dont want to buy our stuff anymore so your loss.
Just because we sell stuff to China does not mean we are aligned militarily with them-we are still aligned with all the members of Nato.
It sounds like You no longer want to be aligned with us economically and dont want to be aligned with Nato anymore either so all of this is your choice.
Your Idiot in Chief is responsible for trying to isolate your country and since you voted him in then All of the above is what you want.
Canada is a sovereign country and we decide what is best for us,just as you decide what is good for you.
I dont see what is hard to understand about that.
If you got a bunch of stuff you want to sell and someone offers you more for it who are you going to sell your stuff to,some bum who wants your stuff for nothing or someone who ponys up what your stuff is worth?
Its just buisness.
If you choose to isolate yourself -fine with me.Plenty of countries lining up for what we have to offer,in fact Carney on his recent trips to our allies in the EU signed trade deals with those wanting to invest here to the tune of ! T dollars.
Things are looking up by the week.
Carney is a sharp cookie he was at the financial helm here in 2008 during the last financial crash and Canada was the only country in the G8 that came thru that relatively unscathed due to our financial system and Carneys foresight.
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