WTO aprroves sanctions on US Exports

[Stunt]

haha...rabid...give it up...even others are weighing in to open your eyes...I agree with mike.
"more than ample natural resources, a massive abundance of food and no foreign threats"
all very true.

"70-80% of their imports and exports are linked to the US. "
Newsflash!!: the rest of the world uses resources!!!...wow!...would you look at that! Who would have thought.
So intuitive, yet so difficult for the simple minded.

your name is so fitting too. From dictionary.com:
Rabid: Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous;

 

[RabidMongoose]

Originally posted by: Stunt
haha...rabid...give it up...even others are weighing in to open your eyes...I agree with mike.
"more than ample natural resources, a massive abundance of food and no foreign threats"
all very true.

Sure, agree with the guy that didn't know that 70-80% of Canada's exports and imports are directly linked to the US. The numbers don't lie, Stunty. You can do whatever you want to try to hide those numbers, but you cannot deny that Canada is extremely dependent on the US for its economic survival.

Ah, Stunty boy, it was about time that you bring in your horrendous logic to try to cover up Canada's dependence. 'Look, one uninformed guy supports me! Therefore I'm right and the facts that I cannot dispute are now wrong!'

"70-80% of their imports and exports are linked to the US. "
Newsflash!!: the rest of the world uses resources!!!...wow!...would you look at that! Who would have thought.
So intuitive, yet so difficult for the simple minded.

Wow, I guess it's so easy to replace 70-80% of your trade! Wow! Oh wait, it isn't! Keep on trying to hide the cold hard fact that Canada is dependent on the US!

your name is so fitting too. From dictionary.com:
Rabid: Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous;

What next? I'm a mongoose, too?

Stunt:

To check the growth or development of.


n.

1. One that stunts.
2. One that is stunted.
3. A plant disease that causes dwarfing.

Thanks for stunting your intellectual development. I think it's time that you get your refund on that fictitious'Canadian Ivy League' school.

I'm going to chalk this up to your raging nationalism and the widespread Canadian inferiority complex. It must be very painful to even think how Canada is severely dependent upon the US. I suggest you seek psychological help. 😉

 

[Stunt]

I'm sorry but you sound like a broken record...i'm going to not talk to the bottom of the barrel at P&N...go get into some discussions with intlectuals and academia.

If you somehow believe that it would be easy to find over 20% (over a billion barrels a year) of oil to replace our supply you have got to have a few screws loose. Simple supply and demand...oh wait you have pretty much condradicted every economic principle there is...in this thread alone.

If you cannot understand the benifits of trade on both sides of the border, you do not know basic basic economics...it's intuative logic.

I asked you a question on how to keep the US in line and you did not give a serious answer, the man who complains about Canada yet offers no solutions.

btw, im sure you are not qualified in the least to suggest psych help...
To be quite honest, i like americans, moreso that most people here. You seriously give them a bad name as you have zero respect for a good ally, excellent supplier of your needs, and for the most part a good supporter of american policy.

I know we do not have a lot of weight to throw around...but we expect to be treated with respect...
I guess you are just too extreme, fanatical and unreasonable to comprehend.

 

[CanOWorms]

I like how Canadians harp on how they export oil to the US and if they stopped it the US would crumble. Last I checked, the US is responsible for 99% of the world's desktop microprocessors. Canada, welcome to the 19th century!

 

[RabidMongoose]

I'm sorry but you sound like a broken record...i'm going to not talk to the bottom of the barrel at P&N...go get into some discussions with intlectuals and academia.

Sure, run away when you cannot face the true hard facts. I suppose that is a common tactic among those with inferiority complexes. I realize that having most of your trade and complete economic survivability in the hands of one country can be a sore spot when you harbor an obsession against that one country. I cannot imagine the type of rage that goes on in your head.

If you somehow believe that it would be easy to find over 20% (over a billion barrels a year) of oil to replace our supply you have got to have a few screws loose. Simple supply and demand...oh wait you have pretty much condradicted every economic principle there is...in this thread alone.

When did I ever say that? I'm simply stating that there is far more that Canada depends upon the US than the US depends upon Canada - and that this relation is the reason that Canada grovels and begs at the feet of the US. Any action that Canada does in retaliation will have to keep in mind the very fact that its economic survival depends upon the one nation that it will be trying to retaliate against.

If you somehow believe that Canada can replace 70-80% of all of its trade, then you are clearly delusional. I suppose a massive inferiority complex can do that to you.

If you cannot understand the benifits of trade on both sides of the border, you do not know basic basic economics...it's intuative logic.

Wow, you have horrendous logic. Again, I'm simply stating that Canada depends far more on this trade than the US does with Canada and that this very nature does not give Canada a lot of weight. Any retaliation from Canada would have to be carefully planned out against the one country that essentially allows you to live as you do.

I asked you a question on how to keep the US in line and you did not give a serious answer, the man who complains about Canada yet offers no solutions.

I'm not sure what a solution can be or if a solution would be possible. As you have admitted, Canada has no balls. In addition, massive retaliation as you commonly suggest would result in the devastation of Canada.

btw, im sure you are not qualified in the least to suggest psych help...

Sure I am. It is quite clear that you suffer from a massive inferiority complex.

To be quite honest, i like americans, moreso that most people here. You seriously give them a bad name as you have zero respect for a good ally, excellent supplier of your needs, and for the most part a good supporter of american policy.

I have 'zero respect' for Canada? You do not know that. I'm going to chalk this up to your raging nationalism and massive inferiority complex again.

Again, stating Canada's extreme economic dependence upon the United States is not 'anti-Canada'. Take a step back and breathe and admit it.

I know we do not have a lot of weight to throw around...but we expect to be treated with respect...
I guess you are just too extreme, fanatical and unreasonable to comprehend.

You should really get a refund on that fictitious 'Canadian Ivy League' education. I've already stated that Canada has a good case and so on. However, as I have been saying, the very nature of Canada's dependence makes it weak and vulernable in this area.

Anyways, thanks for making my argument a success, Stunty. You originally said:

That being said, we have a lot of weight,

and now you freely admit that:

I know we do not have a lot of weight to throw around..

Thanks! I feel fairly good for having changed your mind.

 

[Stunt]

"That being said, we have a lot of weight,"
Reference to colaborating with other countries to help counter unfair US trade practices.

"I know we do not have a lot of weight to throw around.."
Reference to our country on our own...

I consistant position...😛...one country we are weak, with colaboration, we are a force...as seen by these fines that could reach 750million 🙂

 

[RabidMongoose]

Sure, try to run away from your earlier position. Your entire argument was based on that great 'weight' that Canada could pressure upon the US. So what were you arguing about the entire time?

 

[Stunt]

Using leverage in trade disputes, when colaborating with other countries, we can stop the US from unfair trade practices.

That is the only thing i was advocating...u somehow believe that is impossible.

 

[RabidMongoose]

Originally posted by: Stunt
Using leverage in trade disputes, when colaborating with other countries, we can stop the US from unfair trade practices.

That is the only thing i was advocating...u somehow believe that is impossible.

Nope - I'm stating that Canada using solely its own leverage would be unlikely and undesirable for Canada. You seem to deny such an activity and decided to harp upon Canada and oil to the US. So again - what were you trying to say with that whole argument? Seems pretty clear that you were trying to argue with a position that Canada has a lot of leverage. You stated it so, your entire argument supported such a position, etc.

Keep on running, Stunty! How far can you backpedal?

 

[Stunt]

I'm not backpedalling at all. You asked my arguement so i had to go back over all your broken record gibberish.

You said Canada was weak with little leverage...so i discussed the leverage we do have...you discarded it as irrelevant.

I asked you how you would solve trade disputes, you said just bend over and take it.

I have no idea what your motives are in posting here.

The topic is US using unfair trade practices, i merely suggested ways to prevent it.

Much more than what ever you are trying to do.

What are your motives and how do they relate to the current thread topic?
Or you can avoid my question again...it seems to be what you are good at.

 

[RabidMongoose]

I'm not backpedalling at all. You asked my arguement so i had to go back over all your broken record gibberish.

Yes, you are backpedaling. Thanks to you my argument was quite the success.

You said Canada was weak with little leverage...so i discussed the leverage we do have...you discarded it as irrelevant.

I didn't discard it as irrelevant. Care to point that out? Anyways, you now agree that Canada has little leverage itself. Thanks for agreeing with me.

I asked you how you would solve trade disputes, you said just bend over and take it.

Care to point out where I said that? I simply stated that Canada is in a very weak and vulnerable position to call for strong retaliation as you openly support and suggest.

I have no idea what your motives are in posting here.

I'm simply stating that Canada probably does not have much leverage to pressure the US into anything.

The topic is US using unfair trade practices, i merely suggested ways to prevent it.

The topic is WTO sanctions on US exports, which is a related topic that even you elaborated upon. Even you suggested ways to 'prevent it' and I have been commenting upon it. In addition, my original comments were in reply to someone else and you decided to embark on a disagreement that you now agree with me upon.

Much more than what ever you are trying to do.

I accomplished a good bit in my posts here - I have already changed your own view on Canada's leverage against the US.

What are your motives and how do they relate to the current thread topic?

I've already answered this question. What are your motives and why are you backpedaling? I am going to assume that you are using this thread as your attempt to troll.

Or you can avoid my question again...it seems to be what you are good at.

I'm going to assume that all you are going to do is spout incorrect information, outright lie, and display your horrendous logic as you have repeatedly shown that these three traits are common in many of your posts.

Anyways, thanks for admitting that Canada is weak in regards to this issue. However, you seem to have a very hard time with admitting this in a discussion with me after you have alreadly openly stated such a comment. I am going to chalk this up to your raging nationalism.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Canada's leverage wrt the US is less than the corresponding leverage the US could bring to play in Canada. But I do believe we are still your largest trading partner, so we would certainly need to take an active, leading role, if it were decided that American trade practices were overtly unfair and needed to be 'leveraged'.

 

[Kibbo]

If there were an out-and-out trade war between the US and Canada, St. Pierre-Michelon would grow fat off redirecting our trade through them. It would hurt us both and make the french rich. Can we please drop it now?

 

[RabidMongoose]

Originally posted by: Kibbo
If there were an out-and-out trade war between the US and Canada, St. Pierre-Michelon would grow fat off redirecting our trade through them. It would hurt us both and make the french rich. Can we please drop it now?

Well apparently it should have been dropped a while ago, but Stunty decided to argue with me even though he apparently agrees with me. He's an interesting one.

 

[Kibbo]

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: Kibbo
If there were an out-and-out trade war between the US and Canada, St. Pierre-Michelon would grow fat off redirecting our trade through them. It would hurt us both and make the french rich. Can we please drop it now?

Well apparently it should have been dropped a while ago, but Stunty decided to argue with me even though he apparently agrees with me. He's an interesting one.

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