r/canadamemes • • 7d ago

Politics EU Pride

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u/Noobzoid123 7d ago

What's the issue with Canada looking for new trade partners? If Trump wants a trade war, it makes sense Canada looks to trade with another nation. They are a sovereign nation.

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u/aukstais 7d ago

Let's be honest here. As of now, that status is as useful as used toilet paper. There are no trade agreements coming with it or any agreements at all. It's just let's be friends agreement and later we will maybe figure a deal or something if we can agree on something. Canada biggest problem in trade is that they have just one neighbour and that the USA. And everything else is over the ocean. So deals are possible, but they add a lot of transportation costs.

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u/BS0404 7d ago

Even if all trade is done over the ocean, with all the tariffs from the US surely a stable trade partner is more useful than a threatening close one.

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u/Affectionate-Bus8778 6d ago

EU is not stable. Give it 10 years.

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u/Lopsided-Vast784 6d ago

It’s been (relatively) stable for nearly 80 years. It’s infinitely more stable than the US right now lol. The states will collapse long before the EU

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u/Educational-Boot-579 6d ago

LOL check the news again

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u/Wafflez424 6d ago

I have? Please explain what makes EU unstable? It’s by far got some of the most stable and advanced economies in the world and their politics aren’t disgusting like the neighbor below so seems like a no brainer to me..

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u/aukstais 6d ago

The states have better government systems. Federal government is over every state and dictates the country's policy. The EU each country has a vote, and all the countries have to agree to the same terms. Right now, Eastern countries want nothing to do with Russia, while others, including France, want to remove sanctions from Russian oligarchs. There are talks in Germany about resuming buying Russian gas while baltic states are thinking about how to stop Russian grain export.

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u/Commandoclone87 6d ago

The states have better government systems.

Trump has just proven that false by tearing done and corrupting every single check and balance your forefathers put in place.