Scott Lincecum
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That's the big โ I think the bigger issue here is that the remedy is really damaging for the US economy, for the United States global reputation, whatever โ however you want to call that. I really mean that in terms of international economic agreements. Because, you know, Canada and Mexico are our biggest trading partners.
They have had relatively free trade with the United States since 1994 because of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which then Trump rebranded the USMCA and said it was the greatest trade deal ever. So Trump's trade deal, all of that has been thrown away. along with, of course, all of the microeconomic stuff, right? So you have supply chains that have evolved over decades.
They have had relatively free trade with the United States since 1994 because of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which then Trump rebranded the USMCA and said it was the greatest trade deal ever. So Trump's trade deal, all of that has been thrown away. along with, of course, all of the microeconomic stuff, right? So you have supply chains that have evolved over decades.
They have had relatively free trade with the United States since 1994 because of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which then Trump rebranded the USMCA and said it was the greatest trade deal ever. So Trump's trade deal, all of that has been thrown away. along with, of course, all of the microeconomic stuff, right? So you have supply chains that have evolved over decades.
Automotive parts will cross the US-Mexico border five, six, seven times before getting put into a vehicle. And they do that, again, because of this free trade zone. This has been a relatively good thing for the US economy overall, right? Yes, there have been discrete harms for certain workers and companies. But overall, it's been a good thing.
Automotive parts will cross the US-Mexico border five, six, seven times before getting put into a vehicle. And they do that, again, because of this free trade zone. This has been a relatively good thing for the US economy overall, right? Yes, there have been discrete harms for certain workers and companies. But overall, it's been a good thing.
Automotive parts will cross the US-Mexico border five, six, seven times before getting put into a vehicle. And they do that, again, because of this free trade zone. This has been a relatively good thing for the US economy overall, right? Yes, there have been discrete harms for certain workers and companies. But overall, it's been a good thing.
It's allowed US firms to compete against Asian supply chains and European supply chains by diversifying. So all of this is good. And yet, Trump's going to implode all of it because of fentanyl. It just it really makes no sense.
It's allowed US firms to compete against Asian supply chains and European supply chains by diversifying. So all of this is good. And yet, Trump's going to implode all of it because of fentanyl. It just it really makes no sense.
It's allowed US firms to compete against Asian supply chains and European supply chains by diversifying. So all of this is good. And yet, Trump's going to implode all of it because of fentanyl. It just it really makes no sense.
Well, they're very nice people.
Well, they're very nice people.
Well, they're very nice people.
And Trump was on Truth Social bringing up the trade balances, bringing up that this is going to be a great thing for manufacturing. So yeah, the fentanyl thing kind of disappeared within about 12 hours, right? And I would add, it's not just their words that show they understand this is going to be painful for the US economy. It's the actions as well, because they carved out
And Trump was on Truth Social bringing up the trade balances, bringing up that this is going to be a great thing for manufacturing. So yeah, the fentanyl thing kind of disappeared within about 12 hours, right? And I would add, it's not just their words that show they understand this is going to be painful for the US economy. It's the actions as well, because they carved out
And Trump was on Truth Social bringing up the trade balances, bringing up that this is going to be a great thing for manufacturing. So yeah, the fentanyl thing kind of disappeared within about 12 hours, right? And I would add, it's not just their words that show they understand this is going to be painful for the US economy. It's the actions as well, because they carved out
canadian oil so canadian oil gets a special 10 tariff not the full 25 now why would you do that if this is going to be good for the american economy well you do it because in reality it's going to raise gas prices in the midwest because we import a ton of canadian crude oil we do that not because we're not energy independent or any of that nonsense we do it because canada makes a certain type of crude oil that goes in the refineries that are in the midwest
canadian oil so canadian oil gets a special 10 tariff not the full 25 now why would you do that if this is going to be good for the american economy well you do it because in reality it's going to raise gas prices in the midwest because we import a ton of canadian crude oil we do that not because we're not energy independent or any of that nonsense we do it because canada makes a certain type of crude oil that goes in the refineries that are in the midwest
canadian oil so canadian oil gets a special 10 tariff not the full 25 now why would you do that if this is going to be good for the american economy well you do it because in reality it's going to raise gas prices in the midwest because we import a ton of canadian crude oil we do that not because we're not energy independent or any of that nonsense we do it because canada makes a certain type of crude oil that goes in the refineries that are in the midwest
And again, we have this wonderful free trade relationship with Canadians. So we stopped buying OPEC oil. We started buying Canadian heavy crude. Everybody ends up better off, or at least they did, right? So even in their actions, their formal actions, they understand that this is going to be painful. But now, of course, it's just the great covering and distraction.