Yesterday, Trump tweeted a threat to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, stating that if Canada reaches a trade agreement with China, all Canadian goods would be subject to a 100% tariff. He also referred to Trudeau as "governor," implying that Canada is the 51st state of the United States. This move targets Trudeau's recent visit to China and the trade consensus reached between China and Canada, including the low-tariff import of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles by Canada and China's plan to reduce the tariff on canola. Trudeau previously criticized U.S. coercive diplomacy, which led to continuous countermeasures from Trump, adding new tensions to the revision of the USMCA.
[Witty] Seeing China and Canada getting closer, Trump couldn't help but act, once again raising the tariff stick, treating Canada like its 51st state, a scene more comical than the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act's absurd move, and just as arrogant as the 1987 tariff of 100% on Japan! Does he really think Canada is a vassal state? The 49,000 electric vehicle cooperation that Trudeau discussed during his visit to China was originally mutually beneficial, but it hit the nerve of American hegemony. On one hand, it talks about the gratitude for military protection, and on the other hand, it uses tariffs for extortion, engraving coercion into its bones. The global order is no longer a one-man show by the United States; the standing ovation Trudeau received is the answer. Trump's unilateral threats are nothing more than the last cries of a declining hegemon!
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