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Trump tax 25% on Canada - Who is collecting?
I am considering to put the store on vacation for the next few days, I doubt there will be many cross border orders anyhow, to avoid the chaos. I don't want buyers to refuse packages and me have to pay return shipping cross border. Any news from ebay how it will be collected?
- By Ebay at checkout?
- By the shipping company, which will add a broker fee on top of it?
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kh-stanley1
·1 year agoThread locked due to off topic posts/attacks.
As these are not related to Buying or Selling, please feel free to start a new thread for such discussions in either The Ebay Cafe or The Park
lux.ra_14
·1 year agoI live in the US. Does not bother me in the least to see Canadians booing the American national anthem, boycotting American products, and canceling US travel plans. Those are rational reactions to Trump's belligerence against a good neighbor and a loyal ally.
The tariff issue will resolve, but the damage is already done.
12345jamesstamps
·1 year agoI have to laugh.
Canada is putting tariffs on only Republican states that sell items such as orange juice from Florida and such.
sakic92710
·1 year agoSimply not true. Not only red states but issuing some on red states to hurt them effectively is a goal. 🙂 🙂
lux.ra_14
·1 year agoTariffs are just this week's distraction, while American democracy is under sustained assault by Trump, Musk, and the oligarchy.
Unappetizing food for thought by a Yale historian:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction?r=2ac5j9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true
kh-stanley1
·1 year agoHi everyone,
Some posters seem to be intent on taking this discussion off topic.
Please keep the discussion on subject established in the original post and avoid personal (and/or factional) sniping.
Thank you.
lux.ra_14
·1 year agoDrugs and immigration aside, Trump also said the tariffs were necessary because America was treated very unfairly and being ripped off by other countries.
The tariffs, he said, would make America so rich that prices on everything would come down quickly and we might even no longer need to have an income tax.
But now we won't need tariffs at all if Canada and Mexico play ball? Are we no longer being ripped off? And where will all the new riches come from now if we don't have the magic tariffs?
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoBoth can be true but the reason the tariffs have been placed was because of drug/human trafficking. Now that it looks like one country is falling in line, maybe the other will think wisely before punishing their own constituents. Tariffs are not just being applied to Canada and Mexico and other countries have been put on notice. Looks like Panama is changing their tune and admitting that given China control of the canal will not end well for their country.
On a side note, i do agree with some of your complaints about the pharmaceutical companies, Insurance companies and those who are responsible for distributing poison. If some would give the administration more than two weeks, maybe some of those issues can be dealt with as well.
sakic92710
·1 year ago"Canada strong!" We are more than happy to place tariffs on US goods in response. Especially those that will cause grief in red states. We are already pulling US alcohol of off our shelves. Canada will never 'fall in line' for a criminal president. YOU elected him & the rest of the world will not have him inflicted on the rest of us - AGAIN!
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoSave this post. 😂
No one wants anyone to suffer.
Can't you understand that some ARE from drug and human trafficking?
Compassion is not exclusive to the US.
It is obvious that some of you are just trying to lock this thread because the narrative is not what you thought. It is going to be ok and hopefully the one that resigned will keep you safe. It's time to find something else that is bothering you to blame on others. I hope the best for you and do enjoy your humor when you do choose to display it. I don't think the 3pm phone call with resolve anything but I am hopeful for everyone concerned.
sakic92710
·1 year agoAll of us reasonable people completely understand the suffering of those forced into the world of human trafficking. We just wish NOT to discuss it with those who have no idea what they are talking about. If you think the Canada/US border is a serious issue regarding that horrible situation & drugs, you need to educate yourself better.
youn2240
·1 year agoyour buddy on this thread said not to address the supply side of human trafficking. which is absolutely disgusting. as long as leftists espouse ideologies like that I don't see how you will ever be able to convince the majority of people to not vote for people like Trump instead.
lux.ra_14
·1 year agoI'll re-state my earlier prediction on how this ends:
Mexico and Canada will offer a few fig leaves so Trump can cover himself and claim total victory.
Make no mistake: Trump always blinks first. The alleged concessions he extracts will be purely of the do-better-try-harder variety.
mr_lincoln
·1 year ago@itolduandso
Tariffs update: The US and Mexico have put tariffs on a 30 day pause as they continue to negotiate. Mexico is mobilizing 10,000 of their National Guard Troops to help cut down on drug cartels and their flow of fentanyl to the US.
President Trump has a 3 PM call scheduled today with the Prime Minister of Canada.
mam98031
·1 year agoYes, I posted this too just a couple posts upthread. It is EXCELLENT news and deserves to be repeated.
youn2240
·1 year agowow look how fast Trump is getting results. I'm at a loss for the leftist on here that did not want human trafficking suppliers dealt with.
mam98031
·1 year agoThere is NOT a soul on this thread that has said they don't want human traffickers stopped. NOT a one. I know facts are simply not important to some, but to most of us they remain important.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoThank you for admitting that the tariff issue is not about gas prices but about drug and human trafficking. It's only been two weeks, and many are losing their collective minds because they hate the orange man. Maybe some should give the administration a little more time before upsetting those who may not understand what actually is going on. IMHO
mam98031
·1 year agoAgain, something I didn't discuss with you. But I see that really is your way of posting to continue engaging with certain posters. I don't "hate" him or anyone else. I will leave you to your trolling because you won't allow for a civil conversation.
youn2240
·1 year agothere is no reason for civil conversation with people that don't want the human traffickers dealt with. I would suggest going to an echochamber like reddit because they also don't want the human trafficking to be stopped. Just democrat things.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year ago@mam98031 wrote:
How in the world would tariffs stop "human trafficking"? What did I miss? Is there a tariff for people crossing the borders too?
🎤 😂
sakic92710
·1 year agoI never heard anyone in the cult have an issue that the Great Bumpkin was good friends with Epstein for a decade. Imagine if that was someone 'on the left' ?! It would be talked about non-stop.
youn2240
·1 year agodefinitely you had a soul on here saying don't address the supply address the end user. it happened just go back a couple posts. you dems are horrible people.
mam98031
·1 year agoI'm not a "dem".
meme6253
·1 year agoBut the Reps are mindless zombies
meme6253
·1 year agoAMEN to Facts, If only people paid attention to them!
sakic92710
·1 year agoLOL! "Getting results" regarding the Great Bumpkin means they are lying about the progress. The felon & his yes man can be counted on to lie or exaggerate about everything.
youn2240
·1 year agoless humans for you guys to buy. sowwy.
sakic92710
·1 year agoOh, look everyone! A response to my comment that has nothing to do with what I said & does not address Trump & Epstein's bromance. lol
youn2240
·1 year agoyet another antitrumper who glossed over the other antitrumper who did not want any addressing the supply of humans being trafficked. literally disgusting.
sakic92710
·1 year agoYet another Trump-lover who won't address the FACT that his cult leader was best buddies with someone who did deal in human trafficking & won't admit to it.
sakic92710
·1 year agoBy 'antitrumper' you mean 'antifelon.' Yes! I am antifelon. How about you? Guess not.
carlmarxx
·1 year agoHuman and drug traffic is been a on going issue on the "southern boarder only" and lack of south American government's not fighting it hard enough , which has been going on long before Orange man 45/47 ever ran for president.
sakic92710
·1 year agoSowwy - we don't do that in Canada. Our country wasn't built on slavery.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoThank you for the update.
mr_lincoln
·1 year ago@chevymontecarlo88
You are more than welcome. The whole subject of enforcing tariffs as a negotiating tool for the US is in progress and appears to be having the intended effects.
youn2240
·1 year agothe other leftists on here also didn't correct your boy over there saying let human trafficking happen. lmfao you guys are actually dumb.
youn2240
·1 year agoI'm gonna get back to work now watching copes of don't address the human trafficking figure out why people want to buy them in the first place. I'll be back in a few hours that's insane. don't you worry about human trafficking at all just worry about those that buy the humans when they get here. lulz that is warped and basically a massive reason why this country has gone back to the far right. I'd take people walking into the house over just let human trafficking happen anyday. you're sick in the head.
mam98031
·1 year agoThe news is reporting that the President has come to an agreement with Mexico to delay the tariffs for 30 days to allow for further negotiations and likely actions.
lux.ra_14
·1 year ago2024: Tariffs will lower prices.
2025: Tariffs will cause you pain.
That grating noise you hear is the sound of the goal posts being moved.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoOr the noises may be from the 300,000 missing children and hundreds of thousands of deaths from overdoses.
lux.ra_14
·1 year agoHas anyone stated the obvious?
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement governs trade relations between the three countries.
The USMCA replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement in 2020.
Who was president when that happened? None other than the guy who now says America is being ripped off by the deal his own administration negotiated.
Trump statement at the time:
The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries will benefit greatly.
itolduandso
OP1 year agoLOL.
I wish this is just a dream.
What a joker that GPT...
mam98031
·1 year ago@itolduandso
Scary and not by AI.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/trump-third-term-amendment-constitution-ogles.html
https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term
And I'm sure there is more.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoLiving in fear is not good for the soul. Good grief.
mam98031
·1 year agoWhy? Why are you so compelled to misrepresent something that someone else posts? So ridiculous.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoCan you not read your own words. Why is it "scary"? Are you suggesting it is not legal (ammendment) or does it just make you upset that it worries you? If you don't mean the words you use, don't use them. Stop complaining because you get called out for what you say. Your own words. Geez.
mam98031
·1 year agoI can yes. I said what I meant. You just define it differently that I do or likely the average person.
There are many times in my life when I've been scared by something. Some Halloween movies scare the heck out of me, but once the movie is over, I don't live my life in fear. You seem to think if something scares you that you spend your entire life in fear. I don't. I would venture that most people don't.
az93
·1 year agoIt's not a sales tax, don't be concerned.
youn2240
·1 year agoSo doing some trade deficit research it went crazy. since he was surrounded by highly qualified cabinet members and he was not taken advantage of these numbers are damning and totally explain why the country rejected democrats. just look at these it's crazy.
It increased massively every year under Biden. I'm starting to get why he pardoned his whole family for whatever they did or didn't do. This looks like a dereliction of duty.
gone.c-33
·1 year agoI’m starting to believe you’re trolling this thread the same way you were trolling everyone when you said you threatened your PO bodily harm unless they gave you free shipping. There is no way someone can misunderstand the concept of trade deficit and blame it on one country’s head of state taking advantage of another.
A trade deficit merely means one country buys more from a country than that country buys from them. It’s not good or bad it’s just an observation.
youn2240
·1 year agoFor those that can't find any information about what is happening I have taken this snippet from the CBS news article titled " Trump to enact tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China starting Feb.1, White House says" authored by Aimee Picchi and edited by Alaine Sherter published on Jan 31st 2025.
As we all know this is a fact check verified news source so we are going to have to respect it unless the news is fake.
snippet: " Mr. Trump's goals include narrowing the trade surplus between those nations and the U.S. The U.S. trade deficit with Canada has surged from $31 billion in 2019 to $72 billion in 2023, largely reflecting growing American imports of Canadian energy. Over that same period, the gap with Mexico has grown from $106 billion to $161 billion"
ok that is all thank you for your time.
goldrushfinds
·1 year agoYes, the trade deficit with Canada is mostly due to greater imports of gas/oil. That is not a catastrophic failure of Biden like you seem to imply. And as far as Mexico goes (from the same article you quoted)... "Over that same period, the gap with Mexico has grown from $106 billion in 2019 to $161 billion as the U.S. curtails imports from China and brings more electronic items, shoes and other products from south of the border."
You are a purveyor of misinformation. I've grown weary of people twisting data and facts to fit their agenda. The right has tried to paint Biden as a complete failure, when in actuality the U.S. has faired better than almost every country in recovering from the Covid crisis. Per Yahoo Finance in Sept. 2024........
"Since July, the Biden economy has improved two notches on the Yahoo Finance Bidenomics Report Card, from a B+ to a solid A. That’s the same mark our report card gave the economy during Biden’s first month in office, in January 2021."
youn2240
·1 year agoso you are saying that losing 100 billion dollars in trade to both mexico and canad was good. lol I think the way the left views things is why they are losing elections to Donald Trump again because it makes no sense at all to say adding a 100 billion dollar deficit between just mexico and canada is positive. it's absolutely not positive and you have no way to twist that into a W for democrats and the other leftist morons. it's a 100 billion dollar loss silly. lol
youn2240
·1 year agoThe reason for the tariffs with canada and basically any of the countries we will be tariffing is our country was ran so poorly under the last administration that democrats allowed the trade deficit with canada to more than double over sleepy Joes term. They literally were not doing anything and allowing our country to be gutted by other nations because the run of the mill politicians we have are actually doing it to gain personal wealth so they allow these horrible policies to flourish because they are totally fine with making their own citizens go broke. but then we caught on and voted for Trump again because he's not going to sit there and have no clue what is happening or too scared to tell a foreign country to reign the deficits in. So tariff for you tariff for you. anyone who wants a tariff can get one now. we got em for all of ya.
goldrushfinds
·1 year agoIt is not as black and white as you state. The truth is, as this excerpt from from a Times article notes: "The trade gap in goods with Canada has ballooned, too: From $31 billion in 2019 to $72 billion in 2023. The deficit largely reflects America’s imports of Canadian energy."
And no Drill Baby Drill will not ease the defecit, as our refineries cannot process oil pumped in this country.
gurlcat
·1 year agoI don't know why MAGAts cannot absorb this fact, or if the absorb it they just pretend not to, and keep parroting that idiotic phrase.
We cannot USE the oil we pump; all we can do is sell it! And by "we" I don't even mean "America" because it is COR-POR-A-TIONS who pump and sell it, to countries who CAN refine it, and then sell that to other American corporations! We could Drill DADDY Drill and it wouldn't do a thing for the average citizen! Even our "reserves" aren't there for using ourselves; it's just a strategic amount to hold as leverage if needed.
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoWe will be ok with energy. Maybe a blip at first but energy is not going to be an issue long term. Refineries are the weakest link, and we will see if there is any plan to rectify it. Time will tell. It would be nice if Americans did get a sort of profit sharing cut from oil pulled from American territories. Things are going to change, and Doug Bergum will be one of the people to watch. I thought i read months ago that nuclear, natural gas and clean coal would also be part of bringing energy independence back to the US.
Our oil reserves were used during the last administration and need to be refilled. I agree they need be left for leverage and/or emergencies.
gurlcat
·1 year agoLet me ask you something, because Trump told us in February 2020 that Covid would be over by April, that it would just "disappear like a miracle," and his "fans" never seemed to mind one bit that it was absolute bull. But they sure continued to rant about the price of "Biden's" gas long after it had lowered back down, close to pre-pandemic prices. Everywhere I looked I saw that complaint continue to be milked, for at least another year. The sense of time is very strange with these folks, though I'm not sure if you're among them or not.
So let's say gas rises to the same price as its' highest during Biden's term. -Just for the record, under Trump, how much time would pass before you'd consider it going from 'blip' to 'long term'? A matter of weeks? Months? Years?
chevymontecarlo88
·1 year agoI would hope it would last less than a few months but think it will be less than weeks. Who knows and if it does last longer, that can be argued against the administration and is legitimate criticism. If we continue to rely on other countries for energy, we always will be vulnerable and will rely on others. But maybe give the administration a little time to fix what was broken (direction). It has only been two weeks as of today.
Let me ask you a question.
If the tariffs help eliminate human trafficking and stop the opiates from flowing, would you be ok with higher gas prices short-term?
mam98031
·1 year agoHow in the world would tariffs stop "human trafficking"? What did I miss? Is there a tariff for people crossing the borders too?
gurlcat
·1 year agoGot any proof of that?
youn2240
·1 year agoyes you can google "Trade deficit between USA and Canada" it will tell you all about how it was 31 billion dollars in 2019 before Joe Biden was taken advantage of by ruthless canadian capitalists when they got that deficit up to 72 Billion dollars. Good for all of us Trump is going to get that reigned in. Shame on canada for scamming a helpless old man like Biden.
gurlcat
·1 year agoYeah I did that. Could not find any such thing. What I found was like what goldrush said^ . We've just been buying a lot more from them than they buy from us.
youn2240
·1 year agoyou can't find anything that shows the trade deficit? it's definitely a tracked metric that is easy to verify. Anyway I am now fuming when I realized that Canada hated trump and acted like Biden was better but they took advantage of Bidens Kind Heart and positive outlook towards our allies but they played in our faces. Trump knows how to deal with them for showing how they really are with some tariffs. If they liked Biden they shouldn't have done this because now they get Trump because they got too greedy.
goldrushfinds
·1 year ago"you can't find anything that shows the trade deficit? it's definitely a tracked metric that is easy to verify. Anyway I am now fuming when I realized that Canada hated trump and acted like Biden was better but they took advantage of Bidens Kind Heart and positive outlook towards our allies but they played in our faces. Trump knows how to deal with them for showing how they really are with some tariffs. If they liked Biden they shouldn't have done this because now they get Trump because they got too greedy."
Your comment is total nonsense. As if Biden acted independently. He had an entire staff of highly qualified personnel in his cabinet. Also per CNN .........
The US trade deficit with Canada
During the question-and-answer portion of the Thursday event, Trump falsely claimed that the US has a trade deficit with Canada of $200 billion or $250 billion, saying “it’s not fair†that the bilateral deficit should be this high. In fact, the US goods and services trade deficit with Canada was about $40.6 billion in 2023, according to the US government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Even if you only consider trade in goods and ignore the services trade at which the US excels, the US deficit with Canada was about $72.3 billion in 2023, the bureau reported, still far shy of Trump’s figure. And it’s worth noting that the deficit is overwhelmingly caused by the US importing a large quantity of inexpensive Canadian oil, which helps keep Americans’ gas prices down.
youn2240
·1 year agoWait so if Biden wasn't taken advantage of and he was surrounded by highly qualified personnel in his cabinet then how did they lose 41 billion dollars in trade with Canada? we lost millions of lives during covid and have more electric cars on the road percentagewise so how have we lost 41 billion dollars because of fuel in 4 years? I'm thinking either Canada and other countries took advantage of Joe Bidens condition or Joe BIdens highly qualified cabinet was actually not highly qualified. potentially both things lined up at the exact same time. we will have to follow along and watch closely to see if Trumps tariffs can bring this trade deficit back to more reasonable levels like before Biden was the president.
da6170
·1 year agoThat is a lie lmfao.
youn2240
·1 year agoit is 100% true. hard to argue with verifiable facts. Canada took advantage of Joe Bidens condition. He didn't even know that canada was taking 41 billion more per year from him so we had to bring back Trump because he doesn't let you swindle our elderly. Joe Biden was like a nice old grandpa and you took advantage absolutely morally and ethically wrong to do. you get Trump and I give you a tariff.
meme6253
·1 year agoI find it Amazing how many brains are so soft & pliable that they can be molded so easily into believing what ever the MAD KING wants them to believe, Very Sad & Tragic!
youn2240
·1 year agobiden should have done a better job and kamala would have won but since he did such a poor job we wanted trump back and we got that and under 2 weeks you are ready to throw in the white flag as you have said. no problems from my side.
meme6253
·1 year agoYou misunderstood my surrender flag, & i'm not going to bother anymore to explain it., You & other's are on the Orange man's side right now, but wait you soon will not be!