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- We're not getting a deal with the EU *or the USA*
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- Humans reached the Americas 11,000 years earlier than previously thought
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- One in 10 born in 80s to inherit more than half average lifetime earnings
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- Lego Helicopter Kit Cancelled 10 Days Before Release
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- Why slicing a tomato is a fluid dynamics problem
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- 1 Second Painting - Generate abstract paintings in 1 click
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- Which singers have the widest range?
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Date: 2020-07-23 12:47 pm (UTC)They get unfettered access to your markets, while putting up barriers to your trade, and use the agreement to pressure you to overturn domestic legislation (regarding food safety, pollution, and even infrastructure financing) to improve the profitability of US businesses.
Canada has a free trade agreement with the US.
Canada banned fuel additive MMT for being toxic. The EU and UK have already banned this substance. A US company that made MMT then sued Canada under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement for $350 million and WON, as this interfered with its access to Canadian markets. Canada then overturned its ban on MMT. If the UK enters a trade agreement with the US, the UK will likely have to also permit this fuel additive.
The US has been arbitrarily interfering with Canadian softwood lumber exports to the US for decades, despite repeated rulings by the WTO in Canada's favour.
The Canadian government has invested heavily in rail transport infrastructure, and has regulations to prevent rail companies from price-gouging during peak periods. As a result, rail transport pricing is affordable and predictable. The US argues that this is an unfair subsidy to the Canadian grain industry, and applies fines and tariffs. As the UK also has a well-developed rail transport network (although lacking in rolling stock), this may also be used as an excuse to apply tariffs on UK products.
Canada is a member of NATO and NORAD, and a US ally. The US declared Canada to be a national security threat, allowing them to apply a 25% tariff to Canadian aluminum. After much struggle, Canada got the tariff waived - and now the US is likely going to apply another 10% tariff on aluminum and 25% on steel.
https://www.straight.com/news/816116/david-suzuki-canada-trades-away-its-environmental-rights
https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/212/45381.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/business/economy/usmca-canada-aluminum-tariffs.html
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/competitive-forest-industry/softwood-lumber-trade-with-the-u-s
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds144_e.htm
https://www.producer.com/2019/11/u-s-raises-red-flag-over-revenue-cap/
https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/212/45381.html
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Date: 2020-07-23 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-07 12:22 pm (UTC)Yesterday, the US again imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum, this time saying that Canada's use of low-emissions wind and hydroelectric power was hurting US aluminum manufacturers reliant upon coal-fired power plants.
As the UK also has lots of renewable energy, this would be an excuse to apply tariffs to UK products.
https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/08/06/canadian-press-newsalert-trump-slaps-tariffs-on-canadian-raw-aluminum.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=thestar_business
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Date: 2020-08-07 12:23 pm (UTC)Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-24 10:49 am (UTC)Tomatoes are the thing for which you really, really need to keep your knives sharp.
Re: Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-25 08:13 am (UTC)Re: Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-25 01:51 pm (UTC)Re: Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-25 03:58 pm (UTC)Showbiz people usually change their names to something more interesting. I am still puzzled by how she chose this, though.
Re: Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-26 05:14 am (UTC)There is an official website, run by her old PA!
She claimed to be a descendant of Atahualpa, so presumably the name has meaning in Quechua or some other local language.
Re: Tomatoes and vocal range
Date: 2020-07-26 07:36 am (UTC)Oh that's fab, thanks so much.