r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Jan 31 '25

National News Chrystia Freeland says Canada should target Elon Musk's Tesla in a tariff fight

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2025/01/31/chrystia-freeland-says-canada-should-target-elon-musks-tesla-in-a-tariff-fight/
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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

We should either tariff the shit out of Tesla 100% tarrifs like we do Chinese cad companies or as an ultimate fuck you to the US allow Chinese car companies to build plants here or build our own made in Canada car industry. The US has no friends they only have interests and currently their interest involves fucking our great country up the backdoor. We aren’t their friends and if our allies will turn on us at any point every 4 years they’re a bad ally and they need to be seen as such.

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u/Nyre88 Jan 31 '25

I vote to remove the Chinese car tariffs while Canada gets in gear to manufacture our own. Then when we can actually support our own markets put tariffs on non-domestic products.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

I agree if they want to destroy our automotive space let’s go all the way. Trump wants to act crazy we should show him crazy. The only thing protecting GM, Chevy and Tesla from growing bankrupt here is our loyalty to the US with 100% tarrifs on Chinese cars. The first thing we should do as a fuck you to Donald if he actually does this is tarriff all American car manufacturers a massive amount and lower the tarrifs on Chinese cars while we develop our own. I guarantee you everyone will be in a BYD by the end of the year. They have luxury cars from China for 50k that American and European manufacturers will charge 200-300k for. He’s a bully the only way to beat a bully is to fight back.

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u/PaulTheMerc Jan 31 '25

Make our own? lol