Summary
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing to restart stalled trade talks with the U.K. as Canada seeks to reduce reliance on the U.S. amid Trump’s trade war.
While Trudeau secured a temporary delay on U.S. tariffs by agreeing to border security measures, uncertainty remains.
Talks with the U.K. broke down last year over agricultural disputes, but Canada sees renewed negotiations as beneficial for trade diversification.
100% we won’t see Starmer engaging with this whilst Trump is dithering. And why should he? Canada turning to us after being spurned by America isn’t a good look. Especially as we would then risk the orange one’s wrath
You’ll probably get the wrath anyway. It’s a matter of time. Best to plan.
Well you can see he hasn’t yet done a huge amount in Europe at all. Including Ukraine, which he once boasted about solving day one. I suspect due to no right wing parties in UK, France, or Germany he lacks enough leverage to actually do much. In addition, the US tech markets are almost wholesale extracting wealth out of the EU with their services and guess who is his right hand man?
He may well fuck this all up yet, or run out of culture wars BS with his current neighbours, and so turn his view to Europe. But he’s also old, how much bandwidth does he have to deal with it too? Palestine, South Africa, Mexico, Canada - and that’s just this week! Isn’t he supposed to be making America great again?
New Labour is Rightwing, specifically it is Neoliberal with some touches of Conservative as their policies are basically Thatcherism with an extra hard-on for the US.
Macron in France is Rightwing, so much so that his Government only exists with the support of the Front Nationale (i.e. the Far Right).
The SPD in Germany “unwaveringly supported” the Far-Right regime in the extreme Apparheid state of Israel all throughout them committing a Genocide - kinda hard to be more Rightwing than supporting the regime behaving the closests to the Nazis since the actual Nazis whilst justifying that support with the race that regime claims to represent.
Out of all of Europe, the countries you claim have no Rightwing in Government have some of the most Rightwing governments around (out of the top of my head, beaten only by Italy and Hungary).
I bet you’re American and hence are used to an Overtoon Window so far to the Right that all of Scandinavia look like a bunch of Communists.
Or: does Trump view them as right wing? They would all claim to be centerists. It isn’t about my viewpoint, Trump lacks natural allies in major economies
Fair enough: from Trump’s viewpoint even the gall in Italy would look like a Leftie.
In fact from what I’ve read about it (living in Europe and speaking a few European languages), the Far-Right around these parts is generally to the left of the Republicans in the US, with maybe the exception of Reform UK.
(To give you a funny example of how different things can get in Europe, the Far Right in The Netherlands when they really took of a decade or so ago were led by a guy who was very openly homosexual. Also notice how women lead the Far Right in both Italy and France and if you remember it, traditionaly the Far Right in Italy - i.e. Fascism - was all about strong men)
No right wing parties in Germany? I wish. Luckily, musk seems to be driving people away from afd (though bsw and fw are still problematic af), but I’m not holding out hope that they’re not just staying quiet out of shame. I guess we’ll see in a few weeks.
Edit: I can’t believe I forgot about the cxu, which is historically the most popular party and getting ever friendlier with the far right.
No right wing in power is what I meant, why else do you think Musk is bigging up the afd? If Germany and USA bilaterally stop supporting Ukraine then it’s game over. Only 1 and they are Russian pawns, a blame game ensues. 2 and it’s “Ukraine needs to accept Russian rule, they are historically Russian”
I mean there’s no right wing party in Canada either. The one we had has lost serious momentum over this.
He doesn’t joke. He said tariffs are coming for Europe and they will. Canada 51st state isn’t a joke.
To be honest Canada’s feeling pretty alone and abandoned by the international community. Other allies should also be standing up to this nonsense. This isn’t how we all stand up to bullies.
I don’t think it’s a factor about him being old. He’s a figurehead. It’s the tech bro billionaires and ghouls he’s putting in place to operationalize their own plans. This includes dismantling democracy. That’s not just going to stop with the US.
They’ll be coming at you guys soon enough. Best to figure out which side you’re on.
I very much agree, but the UK has shown that it wants to be a bully itself by pulling out of the EU. Trump parallels with the rise of the third Reich, and appeasement politicians were proven wrong in the 30s. But until Trump literally invades we won’t see anyone really stand-up is my bet. The economics are what is dictating this ultimately. Don’t be in deficit to America
It isn’t a zero sum game. A trade agreement didn’t work out in the previous geopolitical/economic environment. Things have changed. Canada is feeling vulnerable and that potentially leads to a better deal for the UK. Simultaneously, the UK can cozy up to Trump as much as they want.