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   MP>One aggrevating thing about the retaliatory tarrifs is that they are   
     >targeted at "red" states which are mostly always red.  They are not the   
     >areas that decided the election.  States like North Carolina, Pennsylvania,   
     >Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin... those are the states that were toss-ups that   
     >all went red this time.   
      
   MP>I will believe that Canada really means business when they start tarriffing   
     >automobiles, for example, and not just motorcycles.   
      
   I'm not up on the exact details regarding auto sales but a huge number   
   of cars were just shipped across the border to beat the tariffs that   
   Trump is putting on them, or will.. or might..   
   Estimates seem to be if the tariffs go through they will add between   
   $3000 and $12,000 to the cost of a new vehicle, average about $6000.   
      
   I suppose if we were smart we would just start buying just vehicles that   
   we make in Canada to avoid the tariffs altogether. I'd have to check   
   but obviously the variety of vehicles available that way would not be   
   very wide, which would obviously be a problem. More likely a lot of   
   people will put off buying new cars longer than usual in the hopes that   
   once Trump is gone this crap will come to an end.   
      
   It is opening up trade across Canada though. They are working at   
   getting rid of the trade barriers between provinces so we can   
   more easily buy Canadian made than American made. They figure   
   that will boost our sales in Canada by about $200 Billion.   
      
   Oh, and they are working on a pipeline, East to West here. We talked   
   about refineries the other day and apparently we do have refineries   
   here, but they are all to the East and the bulk of our oil to the   
   West and it was easier to pipe it to the USA than Truck it across   
   Canada, which now may change if this goes through.   
      
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