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After promising to be a truculent foil to the Trump administration during the spring federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney now faces questions about whether his rhetoric matches reality.

Rescinding the digital services tax (DST) is the latest conciliatory gesture that Carney (Nepean, Ont.) has made to United States President Donald Trump. The American president had previously suspended trade talks over complaints about the DST. The two sides agreed to return to the negotiation table afterwards.

Kneepads Down!

In response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on our exports and musings about Canada becoming the 51st state, Canadians have enthusiastically embraced not visiting the United States and boycotting American products. An Ipsos poll done just before Canada Day found 75 per cent of Canadians intend to avoid the U.S. when travelling, while 72 per cent are purchasing fewer American goods. In May the share of Canadian exports going to the U.S. fell to 68.3 per cent, one of the lowest proportions on record. But while our actions have clearly affected several U.S. sectors and regions, the overall impact on the U.S. economy has been minimal and therefore cannot be expected to change Trump’s behaviour. We need a different strategy.

CBC – The U.S. boycott remains strong. Why many Canadians are digging in their heels

It’s shaping up to be a record sales year at Maker House, an Ottawa gift shop where almost everything in the store — from furniture to food to greeting cards — is entirely made in Canada.

Hot sellers these days include a T-shirt with the newly iconic “elbows up” slogan, and chocolate bars wrapped in quintessential Canadian expressions such as “eh.”

Founder Gareth Davies says year-over-year sales surged by 150 per cent in February, when U.S. President Donald Trump first announced plans to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, and ramped up his threats to make Canada the 51st state

I bet CBC staffers invested.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. will charge a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian imports starting Aug. 1.

In an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that was posted on Truth Social, Trump wrote “if for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 35% that we charge.”

Trump, who one day earlier announced the U.S. will place a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports effective Aug. 1, wrote that tariffs were originally imposed on Canada due to the U.S. fentanyl crisis, which the president claimed was partly due to “Canada’s failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our country.”

Canada will fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on copper imports, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Thursday.

“We’ll fight against it. Period,” said the minister, without getting into specifics. Trump vowed on Truth Social Wednesday evening the tariff would come into force on Aug. 1.

Trump heralded the metal as the “most used material by the Department of Defense!” in his social media post, promising to bolster an American copper industry that will dominate the world.

The only copper smelter and the only refiner in Canada are owned by foreigners and located in Quebec. Of course they received Government  “green” funding.  Copper mining will not be affected.

Glencore Canada Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore plc. Glencore plc is a publicly traded company listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. While Glencore plc owns Glencore Canada, the largest individual shareholder in Glencore is Ivan Glasenberg. Other significant shareholders include Qatar Holding LLC and BlackRock.