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The time to hunker down for short term burn is now.

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Food safety rules protect us and cost US farmers a lot of time and money$.

Mexico and Canadian Produce do not have enough rules.

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Good. Let's spread the pain around to our supposed allies, and see their reactions.

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This sucks for us in the construction industry. I guess we'll have to welcome back the record high lumber prices from his first term.

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I seem to remember the market reacting the same way after Trump announced tariffs on China in 2019. The market can turn on a dime. And it will.

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It is a strategy used in the past. Many don't realize that a permanent placement would take passing in congress.

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I doubt he’s serious about keeping these for too long. The ones on China can remain in place.

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So USA refiners having to pay 25% more for Canadian oil will do what to our price at the pump? Will it be Biden’s fault?

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Canada has a problem with immigrants coming in a then crossing into the US illegally not so much drugs and they also don’t pay there fair share in to NATO I think this is a wake-up call we will soon see

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Stupidity or 4-D chess? Inquiring 401-Ks want to know.

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What illegal drug traffic is there from Canada?

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I’ll answer my own question. I did a quick search. 21000 lbs of fentanyl were seized along the SW border in FY2024. Along the northern border? A whopping 41 lbs.

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