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  • You’re confusing “countries can hold grudges” with “countries will permanently refuse mutually beneficial trade because of a previous administration.”

    Countries don’t need to forgive or forget anything. They just need the trade to be in their interests.

    Im British. I can see why you dogged on this for so long but there’s no gain in posturing here.

    Realistically, there is no reason Canada wouldnt accept a favourable trade deal from the US if offered. That just isnt how the world works, if you think elsewise you haven’t been paying attention.


  • Yes with the implication being that you are being silly and im matching your energy while still conveying my general intent.

    Keep up.

    Because countries dont keep grudges with each other decades after the grudge initiator lost power.

    Is that a frustrating attribute of a country with constantly shifting values?

    Yes. Absolutely.

    Will it stop anyone trading with them when those values are good? Not really, because at the end of the day holding grudges is for children.

    That being said, if you slinging absolutes in outrage makes you feel better, I support that, you’ve every right to be outraged, but i’ll cant lie to you and say I believe your angry assertions.







  • Why would they be?

    Trump’s deal is bad because he’s economically illiterate and has chosen to follow the advice of a crackpot economist. That doesn’t mean every future US administration will share his priorities or approach to trade.

    A subsequent government could quite reasonably decide that rebuilding a stable, mutually beneficial trading relationship with Canada is in the US interest.

    Canada would be right to be suspicious and play hard to get at that point, and when that happens they’ll probably do quite well out of it.