Just curious here from Ireland as to whether Trump will count imported horses in his new 25% tariffs. USA is a reliable outlet for the Irish horse and clients pay more than the going rate for a nice easy horse.
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Right now, tariffs are only for countries Trump wants something from.
Ireland has not been mentioned, maybe it will fly under his radar?
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So far.
Hard for even him to pretend that drugs and dangerous immigrants are coming from Ireland - even though he is accusing Canada of that.
Ludicrous, even for him.
Millions of people are going to pay the price, in a large ripple effect, for his ignorant and foolish actions.
He will be safe of course, but the rest of us?
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Is it just Canada that he’s applying the tariffs to?
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Canada & Mexico. Fentanyl coming into the US. China by way of Canada. Now, Canada and Mexico are putting tariffs back on the US.They will probably meet somewhere in the middle.
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Canada and Mexico should get together and have their own Trade agreement and give the finger to Trump.
Ireland is part of the EU which Trump has mentioned as a target.
This is the HTS; https://hts.usitc.gov/
You can look up any tariff item. Interpretation is a skill !
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Canada has already proclaimed Tit for Tat with 25% tariffs on US imports.
Fuel is among those, so prices at the gas pump will 
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Tariffs are for Canada 25%, except for our energy products 10%; Mexico 25%; China 10%. He says that C & M have to tighten our boarders to stop illegals and fentanyl, however stats have shown ~1% of both of these comes from Canada. In fact, the majority of fentanyl is being smuggled in by Americans, not illegals, with the Mexican/USA border. The Mexican president has stated the illegal guns in her country are smuggled in by …. guess who …. Americans. Remember, when he is pointing his finger of blame onto us, and other countries, there are 3 fingers pointing back at him.
I agree with the statement above - he wants something!!
NOTE: it is actually less than 1% from Canada, for the 2 issues he says are his reasons for imposing the tariffs - AND we will NEVER become the 51st state! 
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I guess you are not aware that only 1% of the USA Fentanyl comes from Canada. ‘Criminology professor Peter Reuter told CBC News he’s perplexed about why the president-elect thinks Canada would a prime source for the deadly street drug making its way into the U.S. “It is extraordinary to think that anybody could read any of the data that are available and think that Canada is a threat to the U.S. with respect to fentanyl,” said Reuter, who teaches at the University of Maryland. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protections, less than 20 kilograms of fentanyl was seized along the border with Canada last year, compared to more than 9,000 kilograms along the border with Mexico.’ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trump-fentanyl-border-us-canada-1.7413745
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90% of the potash in fertilizer in the US is imported from Canada.
Everything grown in the US will get more expensive because of potash alone.
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I would assume that the existing free trade agreement for North America can still be in force between Canada and Mexico, and that our supply of avacados to Canada will not be interrupted. And other produce
The North American Free trade agreement that Trump signed in 2020 (renewing an agreement first negotiated in the 1980s) is still in effect. It has just been over ruled by declaring an emergency. This is one of the Presidential powers, to take fast action in an emergency without Congress. That explains the rhetoric around this.
The auto industry has fully integrated across the three countries and will be particularly hit by this. I am awaiting the response from corporate America with interest.
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The national association of home builders has already sent a letter begging for exemptions. All those rough and ready boys are kissing the ring and covering their ass as best they can as the leopard eats their face.
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Ultimately improving the border security should slow the gun running from the US into Canada and the US. The VAST majority of violent crimes in Canada (involving guns) involve guns smuggled in from the US.
The Mexican president might have it right - the Americans are the terrorists allowing their guns to be smuggled into Canada and Mexico - they need to up their border security.
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Good points. Ultimately it’s up to the domestic border guards who gets into a country. The Americans are the ones responsible for stopping drugs and people entering the USA. Canada is responsible for stopping American guns coming into Canada. You inspect on the way in, not the way out.
Canada ran a huge illegal export market in hydroponically grown marijuana before it was legalized and the same drug dealers imported guns and wholesale cocaine from the US, sometimes in barter.
Fentanyl has been a huge overdose problem in Canada since the 20-teens but I think both Canada and the US are supplied with fentanyl from elsewhere. I don’t see the benefits in smuggling it to Canada then the US.
Fentanyl is a very low volume per dose drug, I expect it could be shipped by mail or inside bulkier objects sent by cargo ship. Marijuana is likely the highest bulk most natural form of drug, and yes there were cross border drops of duffle bags in the mountains and low flying helicopters, even a tunnel under the border in Abbotsford BC. It’s a lot more physical to ship, I would think. But with marijuana legalized in many US states and in Canada, the illegal marijuana trade has mostly faded out I think.
It’s really difficult to stop an illegal drug trade when a country has a huge population of addicts and the social conditions to create more and more addiction. Look at how the supposedly safe Oxycontin backfired in rural USA. It’s also difficult to stop an illegal drug trade which is massively profitable to the upper management and protected by layers of (well) organized crime. Given those situations, people will find and source substances, supply and demand, whether it’s moonshine or prescription drugs, or home cooked meth or ecstasy, or home grown marijuana or imported cocaine, heroin or now fentanyl.
The substance is a moving target when the demand is so huge and the profits too.
I live in a Canadian port city that has always had hard drugs, and a strong connection to Asia. I’ve watched the hard drug street addicts move from heroin to crack to meth to fentanyl over the decades. Also the homeless population get larger and more troubled. Legalizing marijuana didn’t really make a dent in that
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Here ypu/g assume he actually read anything.
Much more likely spoonfed what to say to get the agenda across.
As history has shown This Guy is notoriously short on facts before the mouth opens to accept the foot.
They’re eating the dogs! being a noteworthy example.
Fearmongering to the equally unread supporters to shift attention from the failed campaign promises to lower prices “on Day One” 
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Livestock from Canada and Mexico is now subject to tarrifs.
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Here in the northeast US we import a lot of hay, grains and pine shavings for bedding from Canada. A 25% tariff on that stuff will make horse ownership a good bit more expensive. I am also wondering what the impact of the immigration raids will be on the availability of skilled grooms at our horse farms.
Also, with so many of our fruits and vegetables coming from Mexico, I am wondering how Trump is going to live up to his promise of bringing grocery prices back down. 
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The President said yesterday that there may be some “pain” for Americans before the tariffs create the promised prosperity. No mention of lowering grocery prices.
Again the overall free trade agreement that Trump renewed in 2020 is still in force so these measures only exist as long as Trump declared the USA to be in a state of emergency.
Very curious as to how big business will respond.
Also curious what happens if a President declares a state of emergency during or before an election. Can he postpone an election and stay in power? The tariff decree could be testing the waters for the power and scope of Presidential decrees in even more substantive issues
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The ‘state of emergency’ that has allowed Trump to impose the tariffs has nothing to do with prosperity. It’s supposedly about stemming the tide of illegal drugs and criminals into the US. If this is the case, I don’t know why Canada is on this list other than to be an attention grabbing power play. I feel like I am sitting in a room with toddler who is playing with a loaded gun just to get the attention of those around him.
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I think his advisors on the 2025 strategic plan are going to test the power limits of the Presidency and how far he can go outside the existing checks and balances, especially if people are afraid to try to stop him. I do think seizing the next election is a possible goal, but they may decide against it. Sidestepping Congress, gutting law enforcement and getting supporters on the Supreme Court all weaken the constitutional checks and balances. I’m fascinated watching this from Canada.
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