Who let the woman into this photo?

Impulse control not his strong suit. (Does he have one?)

Visit www.bea.gov/data/intl-tr... and get the trade x country data.
Biggest U.S. deficit in merchandise trade in 2025 was with
Mexico: -$203B
China: -$202B
Vietnam: -$178B
Taiwan: -$146B

EU as a whole: -$223B
Ireland alone: $115B

CANADA: -55B
We're the ones ripping them off?
It's not about trade

I’ve been enjoying his commentary on Substack especially on Canada-US relations. Love the Aussie irreverence.

Right? And if he was “advocating”, as Vance said, what exactly did he advocate and for whom?

If Vance was telling the truth (big if) that JJ was “advocating” for Canada, then he’s not very good at it. We’ll stick with the elected leaders, thanks.

Carney covered all the bases with this approach. For those in the affected industries he had to show a good faith effort, perhaps knowing this would be the result anyway. But this is just getting started. Hoping, maybe futilely, for a global hard reset of trade relations with the USA.

This guy is never happier than when he tells an insulting lie about someone. Pathetic.

I don’t like the message either. But the truckers who were diverting to cross at Sarnia may have a different view. I think the public interest question here (to say nothing of the very expensive asset sitting idle) means that no solution would be a good one. Rock, hard place etc.

The transparency (or lack of) in communications about this deal is troubling. That said, I wish I knew how a better deal could have been made to get the bridge open and start generating any revenue at all. Wait it out?