Very strange takeaways. Look what's happening to small farmers due to the trade war - bigger farmers are buying them out for pennies on the dollar. They've already lost a huge customer, China, and soon might lose Canada, Europe, and maybe even Mexico.
Consolidation in the farming industry has been happening for decades. Canada, in particular, has a dairy "supply management" program in place to keep prices artificially high in order to "support" farmers, but what it really does is reduce choice and increase costs for consumers (when our grocery bills were soaring last year, milk was literally being poured down the drain to keep prices elevated). Tariffs are bad, but if the end game is to reduce or remove existing trade barriers in the name of truly "fair" trade (which I believe it is), then we exit this chapter better off than we were when we entered it. This will require true leadership that is willing to make difficult decisions and not bow to special interests.
I don’t think trade war with both Canada and Mexico is such a great idea. Also saying Canada the 51st state is funny is not funny. That’s what Trump really means it. He wants to annex Canada and Mexico like Putin. https://x.com/chriso_wiki/status/1898019984623665325?s=46
Very strange takeaways. Look what's happening to small farmers due to the trade war - bigger farmers are buying them out for pennies on the dollar. They've already lost a huge customer, China, and soon might lose Canada, Europe, and maybe even Mexico.
Consolidation in the farming industry has been happening for decades. Canada, in particular, has a dairy "supply management" program in place to keep prices artificially high in order to "support" farmers, but what it really does is reduce choice and increase costs for consumers (when our grocery bills were soaring last year, milk was literally being poured down the drain to keep prices elevated). Tariffs are bad, but if the end game is to reduce or remove existing trade barriers in the name of truly "fair" trade (which I believe it is), then we exit this chapter better off than we were when we entered it. This will require true leadership that is willing to make difficult decisions and not bow to special interests.
I don’t think trade war with both Canada and Mexico is such a great idea. Also saying Canada the 51st state is funny is not funny. That’s what Trump really means it. He wants to annex Canada and Mexico like Putin. https://x.com/chriso_wiki/status/1898019984623665325?s=46