The Canadian government is slapping the US with tariffs -- and they might be even bigger than expecte

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Canadian government announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods that look to go beyond the value of US tariffs on imports of Canadian steel and aluminum.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the responsive measures to President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum from the US's northern neighbor.

Freeland and the Canadian government pegged the total value of the goods subject to the Canadian tariffs at 16.6 billion Canadian dollars, or roughly $12.8 billion US dollars. Those values are roughly equal to that of the Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the US.

"In response to these measures, Canada intends to impose surtaxes or similar trade-restrictive countermeasures against up to C$16.6 billion in imports of steel, aluminum, and other products from the US, representing the value of 2017 Canadian exports affected by the US measures," Canada's government wrote on its official website.

A spokesperson for the Canada's Global Affairs office also confirmed to Business Insider that the target was to place tariffs on 16.6 billion Canadian dollars.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-canadian-government-is-slapping-the-us-with-massive-tariffs-—-and-they-might-be-even-bigger-than-expected/ar-AAy8T9v?li=BBnbfcL

They're YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tazkcmo]

1. My god

I'm so sick of winning.

[TEB]

3. You said it oh that

Just makes me ill

[donkeypoofed]

5. well said !

That was funny. Thank you for making me smile

[tazkcmo]

6. Laughter

It's the best medicine. You're welcome.

[Aristus]

2. Anyone who thinks the Canadians are only ever docile and polite,

wasn't there at Juno Beach on June 6th, 1944.

They fought like madmen.

Canadian troops were the only Allied soldiers who were able to accomplish all of their objectives planned for the first day of the invasion.

Now Canada rises again against tyranny and fecklessness. It won't be pretty...

[TEB]

4. Well said

[Fred Sanders]

7. And those Canadian young men died so 75 years later an imbecile could claim Making

America Great Again means insulting those young men by claiming "national security" necessitated protective tariffs on imported products from Canada.

Anyone not understanding why Trudeau and Canadians are not at all polite, instead are enraged, about this should reflect on this.

It is not just about economics, it is about a massive slap in the face, all for the sake of Chaos.

[GulfCoast66]

10. I just have to object

Those men died to defeat as evil a force as has ever existed. Next to Omaha, Juno was the toughest and those brave Canadian men died for a good cause. And they fought like banshees. A good many of them were shot after surrendering in just another of the thousands of atrocities the SS commmitted.

While I get the emotion behind your post, please do not cheapen their sacrifice by tying them in any way to trump. Their memory deserves better.

They would have been there even had the US been absent from the battle.

[Fred Sanders]

11. Trudeau tied war sacrifices to Trump, so I guess one will have to ask him...i happens to agree with

Trudeau, not a Trump, that " national security" reasons is an insult.

[Nay]

8. EXCELLENT!

[dalton99a]

9. Do it.

[dembotoz]

12. link not working properly

[roamer65]

13. Canada: please invade and occupy Michigan.we

You will be greeted as liberators.

[workinclasszero]

14. Winning....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Little did they know when he said "fix it"

he meant neuter it.

[IronLionZion]

16. Many Trumpsters are too dumb to know how much the US trades with Canada

trade that goes both ways with raw materials and parts from one side used to make products on the other side.

Trumpsters feel education makes people soft so they don't bother learning about trade benefits or economics, but one would think the educated Republicans who are doing business might have a problem with this.