March 11, 2025
Canada, Europe bemoan the very tariffs they levy, advantages they give their own industries
By Eric Utter
Canada and Europe, to the U.S.: “How dare you do to us what we did to you long ago! What gives you the right to do to us what we're doing to you now?!”
Canada and several European nations (as well as other nations, such as China) have long placed tariffs on American goods, and/or subsidized their businesses and industries placing them at a distinct advantage over their American counterparts.
Yet they, almost without exception, go ballistic when the U.S. reciprocates. This seems exceedingly odd, hypocritical-- and outright ungrateful-- as the United States essentially rebuilt much of Europe after the World Wars in which tens of thousands of American lives were lost fighting on behalf of European nations.
And since the U.S. has long provided Canada and the Western European nations their only viable protection from fascist and communist countries for decades -- and paid for that, too, so they didn’t have to, and could vastly expand their welfare states on Uncle Sam’s dime.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/canada_europe_bemoan_the_very_tariffs_they_levy_advantages_they_give_their_own_industries.html
