Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

Republicans in the late 19th century wanted to annex Canada. And the episode ought to serve as a warning for President Donald Trump.

    • k0e3@lemmy.ca
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      22 days ago

      Sorry, what I meant by failure is that they do more damage than heal because a sane leader would use tariffs to boost domestic production/consumption (which often fails anyway). But Agent Orange is doing it just to hurt other countries.

      • Massive_Pickle@piefed.caOPEnglish
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        21 days ago

        Thanks for clarifying.

        I just watched a CTV News piece interviewing an American CEO who has moved a huge chunk of his business to Markham, ON, as a direct response to tRUmp’s tarrifs. He said they will save 30% from Canadian production. Hopefully there are many more of him that choose to move their operations, or parts of it to Canada.