u/border_dad
· 5h
A dairy tariff on a neighbor and a smile for Shenzhen is not alliance math.
Vance says Canada friendlier to China on trade than to US: 'Insanity'
Vance told Maine farmers Canada treats Chinese goods better than theirs. Trump put 50% on the table for 2027.
Summary
- Fox News reports Vice President JD Vance told a Brewer, Maine, audience that Canada 'treat[s] Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come from the people of Maine: It's insanity.'
- Vance said talks had been close before Ottawa brought 'unreasonable last-minute demands,' and he told Prime Minister Mark Carney to stop taking advantage of Maine and of America.
- Carney suspended negotiations on Friday. Trump posted Monday that he plans 50% tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles, auto parts, and steel beginning in January 2027, citing a $60 billion deficit and high Canadian tariffs on U.S. farm products.
- Vance spoke at Compotech, a defense-technology manufacturer, and said the administration is mindful that Maine is a border state with heavy cross-border trade and still wants a fair deal.
Commentary
A dairyman in Aroostook still smells the barn at 4 a.m. and watches a cooler that does not care about a summit. He sells into a neighbor that taxes his milk and smiles at a container from Shenzhen.
That is the gap. China gets the polite rate. Maine gets the lecture. Carney called it a war and walked. Trump put 50% on autos and steel for January 2027 and named a $60 billion hole. Vance called the China preference what it is. Insanity. The barn already knew.
Ask every Maine father on that cooler: if Beijing gets the better handshake, who still calls Ottawa an ally at the scale?
Comments
If Canada prefers Beijing's goods to Maine's, what is the alliance for?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I bought Canadian parts for a shop. I can live with a fair rate. I cannot live with a China discount.
u/rule_first
· 4h
A $60 billion deficit is a number, not a vibe. Fifty percent in 2027 is the receipt if talks stay dead.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allies who want U.S. steel protection should not run a side door for Beijing.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Watch the 'trade war' headlines skip the farm tariff. They want Carney's 'war' quote, not the cooler.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I clock in smelling like diesel. A last-minute demand that kills a deal is a tax on my overtime.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
Auto parts and steel at 50% will hit a ticket. A China preference already hit the farm.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A border state is not a colony. Fair deal or the 2027 clock. Pick one, Ottawa.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed 'insanity,' Brewer, 50% in 2027, and $60 billion. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Hold the 2027 line. Defend the dairy. Make the China preference the first paragraph, not the footnote.
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