Summary

Ontario will impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota starting Monday in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier Doug Ford warned U.S. governors and vowed to maintain the surcharge until all tariffs are lifted.

Canada has already imposed $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs, with more planned.

Ford also threatened to cut power to the states by April and banned U.S. firms from bidding on Ontario contracts. A $100M SpaceX deal for rural internet was also scrapped in response.

  • @commander@lemmings.world
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    52 months ago

    Pretty sure american products don’t have much of a presence outside of the USA because they’re actually low-quality and expensive.

    • @iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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      12 months ago

      Is that so? In my experience (obviously it depends on the company) American made is, like, one of the gold standards? I’ve never had issue with American made things 🤷‍♀️

      Again, I’m sure it depends on the product, and I may just have bias because I meticulously research just about everything before I buy, so I may just be buying the really good US made stuff, and most other things are crap, idk. Just like Germany and Japan have things that they really excel in; Australia too, etc.

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        2 months ago

        Take cars, for example. Americans don’t export their cars on the same level as Japan or even South Korea because their cars are shit.

        I have a friend who used to sell rental car insurance and he’d tell me that it’s the American cars that always break down.

        I’m American and looking around my room, the vast majority of products are coming from other nations. My bass guitar. My speakers. My controllers. My laptop. My mouse. My headphones. Etc etc.

        Buying AmericanTM is just propaganda for useful idiots. I guarantee you most people who are afraid of foreign products or tout American-made quality are simply talking from a lack of experience. They’re afraid of what they don’t know and don’t want to have an experience that might show them they’re wrong.