Yeah, fuck this guy.

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      NumdaQA already pointed out you’re utterly wrong, but some additional context might help:

      • The opposition says the government should have grovelled more to avoid the tariff, they wouldn’t ever retaliate with their own.
      • The Australian Steel industry does not give a shit.

      So while I get it makes sense in Canada, and we are similar countries in a lot of ways, but on this issue we’re just at different political places.

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        Canada had the Conservatives with a 30 point lead before the Liberals implemented tariffs against the US and now the Liberals are leading. Canada’s Cons are also pretty cozy with the US and the leader is basically a Trump wannabe.

        You can try to justify bending the knee to the US, but don’t tell me they aren’t, and stabbing their allies in the back in the process.

        Appreciate the context though.

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      Not only do they NOT have a deficit, they had the third largest suplus.

      Huh? Your source literally shows that America has a trade surplus with Australia and that Australia runs a significant trade deficit with the US.

      If you actually care to look at it, you noticed that US exports more to Australia than they import, that is why

      Trade Imbalance (USD Billion) = 17.7

      Because exports to Australia (33.6)

      Is larger than imports from Australia (15.9)

      So 33.6-15.9 is 17.7

      The U.S. goods trade surplus with Australia was $17.9 billion in 2024, a 1.6 percent increase ($279.7 million) over 2023.

      Nice, you yourself even admit that US has a trade surplus with Australia. LOL

      Do you not know what: “Australia has a trade deficit with the US” means?

      It means America has a trade surplus with Australia aka Australia imports more from America than they export to America or in other words America exports to Australia more than they import from Australia thus America have a trade surplus with Australia and Australia has a trade deficit with America.

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        Fair enough, I goofed on the deficit front. Still stand by my parent point though.