US says Canada will regret decision to allow Chinese EVs into their market(www.reuters.com)
21 pointsby voxadam22 days ago6 comments
  • duxup22 days ago
    The administration has been playing at being as big an assholes as they can and are somehow surprised when others do not like it.
  • JohnFen22 days ago
    What other choice do they really have? The US has become, to put it politely, entirely unreliable. No nation should be overly dependent on us, and those that are need to diversify ASAP, and there aren't a lot of other options.
  • jerojero22 days ago
    Forbidding Chinese cars to cross the border is a little much.

    The way the USA us conducting their international relations is very worrying.

    But oh well. They do what they want.

    • karmakaze22 days ago
      Makes sense though, having the general population aware of the rest of the world is challenging for governing.

      The news here though is that Canada is now rest of the world rather than close trading partner.

    • tibbydudeza22 days ago
      I was wondering about that - there is no border really - you seem to drive across and the border patrol folks just asks you nicely - What is the nature of your business?

      Chinese cars in the US - oh dear.

  • tibbydudeza22 days ago
    I guess saying making Canada another US state rubbed them up the wrong way. Who would have thought that.
  • yogthos22 days ago
    A country that's threatening to make Canada its 51st state says what?
    • tibbydudeza22 days ago
      I was wondering about Greenland - 51 or 52 ?.
      • yogthos22 days ago
        I'm betting Greenland will be first just because it's a small operation that nobody is going to contest realistically.
        • cjbenedikt22 days ago
          Are you absolutely positive? Danes and Germans already sent troops and France a nuclear sub and a Frigate. UK, Sweden, Finland and others are preparing to send troops as well. Perhaps "small operation" is not a foregone conclusion.
          • tibbydudeza22 days ago
            80% of the place is frozen ice - you would need specialist units to fight there - US has never done that really - the Russians had units equipped for arctic conditions and they were locals and had unique armor meant for that (tracked-lighter-more durable).

            Even China has more experience due to their conflicts in the Himalayas and Tibet.

            You not going to get a Stryker or Abrahams tank working there.

            • cjbenedikt21 days ago
              Good point. Ukraine example: "Battlefield Challenges (Abrahams): Despite being formidable, these tanks struggled against Russia's extensive drone warfare, leading to high attrition rates, with nearly 90% of the original U.S. fleet lost or damaged..."
          • yogthos21 days ago
            I'm sure the US army is shaking in its boots right now
            • cjbenedikt21 days ago
              I'm sure EU troops as well. They all fought side by side with US in Afghanistan so are likely aware of US capabilities - or lack thereof.
              • yogthos20 days ago
                Whatever military capability there is in NATO, it's clearly on the side of the US. The EU can't even produce basic things like artillery shells and explosives at this point. The UK can't even make steel.
          • rasz22 days ago
            >Danes and Germans already sent troops

            Afaik 20 "troops" total.

        • seanmcdirmid22 days ago
          I don't think America ever said that Greenland would be a state, that it would be an overseas territory of the US instead, which still sucks, but I don't think Trump wants 2 senators and 1 house member from a territory that is bound to be much more liberal than the average American state. Inuits vote Democrat even in Alaska.
          • yogthos21 days ago
            yeah it's probably gonna be a sort of a protectorate
  • mocana22 days ago
    We have the dumbest bullies in the world running the country. What did they expect? Tariffs. Threatening to turn the country into a state. Harassing Canadians living in the U.S. And very purposefully kneecapping the EV market in the U.S. forcing automakers to roll back their investment while the Chinese continue to lower their costs and refine the technology. I can only hope that that the damage to the U.S. and it's standing in the world is not totally irreparable. A lot of the damage is, I am afraid, permanent.