Well well well.
It seems that Canadians are asking our government to look into easing off on our tariffs on Chinese EVs.
1. Western Canadians who produce canola oils are suffering due to the fact that China has tariffs on our canola oil.
2. China has demanded that we take off our tariffs on their EVs and they have put tariffs on all kinds of our products. Beef etc... But China seems ready to negotiate if we ease off on their EV tariffs.
3. Canada has followed the US on that because:
a) US is (was?) our business partner...
b) We also have an invested interest as GM, Ford and Chryco do have manufacturing plants running in Canada
c) But...tariffs on Canadian built cars by the US are not good for our economy either. And a direct result of that is that Canadian msrps have skyrocketed as well
d) Even though Albertans for the most part are luke warm on EVs in general, big oil has managed to dupe them just as much as big oil has duped 'Mericans on EVs... Albertans are willing to forego Canada's tariffs on Chinese EVs
e) Canadians ALL ACROSS Canada are now favoring to for Canada to ease up on tariffs on Chinese EVs as
i. Canadians realize that we need to de-couple from the US and find NEW trading partners, even i that means to do business all out with China
ii.Tit for tat. We eliminate tariffs on Chinese EVs, they eliminate tariffs on our products.
iii. Who needs American cars, expensive American cars, when we could buy cheap Chinese EVs.
This will sink GM, Ford and Chryco if Chinese EVs flood our market.
And in turn will sink the USA.
If China augments their prices on their cars in the future, well, so be it. Trump, Maga and everybody else that doesnt seem to understand what it the hell is going on right now, it is time to wake the phoque up and stop this nonsense. It is still not too late for the US to pick up the mess they have created unto themselves. But come 2026, I thing its going to be too late. The US as a leader in anything will be gone. No global influence. No global financial partners. No nothing. And in turn , the US will slowly become a country with uber rich peoples, and uber poor. With never a hope in being a country governed for the people by the people.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/ottawa-considering-scrapping-tariffs-on-chinese-electric-vehicle-tariffs/
https://www.thealbertan.com/national-business/ottawa-hasnt-heard-directly-from-china-on-ev-tariffs-agriculture-minister-says-11188279
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/autos/article/ottawa-considering-scrapping-tariffs-on-chinese-electric-vehicle-tariffs/