Mark Carney: Canada-US relationship is ‘over’

Note: When I say the empire has fallen.. I’m saying it has fallen from the pinnacle (the highest point) of it’s global power and status. Many, many factors will play into the empire reaching it’s final ending.

Hoping readers don’t think this controversial? However, if any of you do, well, what I’m writing is what I perceive as the reality.

The US empire is in decline. And, has been for some time now. We could say that what has occurred in Ukraine shows us the US empire has fallen- The US fully backed, armed and destabilized Ukraine going back decades. And still, Russia, has taken territory, including the energy and mineral rights contained within. That can’t be presented as a win for the US or NATO. The empire has fallen.

MAGA means “Make America Great Again” that’s an admission the US is no longer great. An admission by the American political class. The Trump administration appears to be making an attempt at recouping their greatness. I don’t see this as being possible. For the simple reason the rest of the world has moved on. Alliances have been made between other nations. China and Russia, as one example. Relations appear to be warming between China and India. Turkey and Iran have been cooperating for some time now. Turkey has also cooperated with Russia. Previously, these cooperative relationships would have been unthinkable. But, the world has moved on. Yet, America is trying to make itself “great again”

This isn’t going to be a smooth transition by any means. But a transition it will be.

About Canada

Financial Times

Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that Canada’s old relationship with the United States was “over” and vowed that there would be a “broad renegotiation” of the trade agreement between the countries.

Recall my saying Carney is a technocrat? He is. Trump’s government also leans towards, technocracy and ardent zionism. It’s a bizarre mix. Trump wants to renegotiate the trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the US. What the outcome will be is anyone guess

Speaking in Ottawa after meeting the nation’s provincial premiers, Carney said the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump would force Canada to rethink and reshape its economy and seek “reliable” trading partners.

I’m of the mind Canada should have found other trading partners long ago- Our nation is resource rich and the world is a resource hungry place.

Trump’s tariffs are intended to boost US industry, but shares in General Motors fell 7.4 per cent on Thursday. Shares in Ford, which manufactures fewer vehicles in Mexico and Canada than its rival, were down 3.9 per cent.

Earlier this month Trump offered a reprieve to Canadian and Mexican carmakers when he temporarily exempted all goods that complied with the USMCA from new tariffs. “We will fight back with everything we have to get the best deal for Canada. We will build an independent future for our country, stronger than ever,” Carney said. The prime minister said the Canadian economy and its supply chains in critical sectors such as the auto industry would have to fundamentally change to insulate themselves from further tariffs and US hostility. “We are gonna have to do some things very differently,” he said.

Canada should be doing things differently, but, what exactly does Carney mean? I don’t know

Here’s the fact sheet from the White House that is being referenced

Importers of automobiles under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will be given the opportunity to certify their U.S. content and systems will be implemented such that the 25% tariff will only apply to the value of their non-U.S. content.

• USMCA-compliant automobile parts will remain tariff-free until the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), establishes a process to apply tariffs to their non-U.S. content.

We certainly do live in interesting times

“The Only Constant in Life Is Change.”- Heraclitus