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04.09.26 - 00:33
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The Elephant In The Canadian Room (ZeroHedge)
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The Elephant In The Canadian Room
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
At first glance, the current American-Canadian trade "war" is absurd. We are neighbors with a long history of close friendship, speak the same language (for the most part), and spring from the same British civilization.
Nearly one million Canadians reside in the United States.
Given the two countries' natural affinities, Canadians are nearly indistinguishable from Americans.
Both sides have reasonable grievances over trade policy.
Americans don't like Canada's perennial trade surpluses of more than $50 billion in a supposedly free-trade zone.
They resent the fact that non-free-market China exports subsidized cheap steel and aluminum through Canada, giving Canadian auto and truck exports a price advantage.
The United States also objects to Canada imposing a surcharge on American digital media companies to subsidize Canadian Indigenous and French-language content.
Americans further resent Prime Minister ...
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03.09.26 - 07:30
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Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ′geopolitical unrest′ (The Guardian)
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Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a 'crisis situation'The Dutch central bank says it has moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves out of the US and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily than those held in New York and Ottawa. Continue reading......
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