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[–] [email protected] 127 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

I think a global boycott on US-made goods + services is necessary. Trump can only do this because the US is such a powerhouse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

As an American, I'd like the boycott to be more targeted. But yes, every company that licks the boots of this obviously fascist regime should see no more sales. I don't have a full list, but it includes at least Meta, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That is already happening in Canada. Those imperialists threatening annexation was finally what brought us Canadians together on something lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Has there been any progress on dropping tarrifs between provinces?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Ottawa announced yesterday that they'll be dropping more than half of federal internal trade barriers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

I think I heard something about easing trade barriers between Ontario and I think it was either Saskatchewan or Manitoba.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The US is only such a powerhouse, because they generally have the support of their allies. That makes it the unparalleled biggest economic block in the world.
But without their allies, USA isn't that much stronger than China economically. And USA wouldn't be nearly the powerhouse they've gotten used to be.

So China just has to look on and do nothing, while USA is losing their world dominance quickly.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Would be nice to see global sanctions against the US. Not realistic, but I hope all countries are moving towards significantly reducing American reliance. It'll be a slow process, but needs to be done.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly sanctions agains companies like these that can be weaponized politically sounds very reasonable.

They are national security threat in the true meaning of the word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I've been looking at getting solar installed, and been talking to a few different companies for quotes. One place only supplies PowerWall batteries, and I said to the sales rep that I wasn't really interested in buying anything from Tesla and his face made it pretty clear that that was the answer he'd been getting a lot recently

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

We don't really make anything though, aside from software I guess.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 19 hours ago

Yea, buyFromEU is already getting traction. More intense on reddit and a little bit on https://feddit.org/c/buyFromEU

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago

Just relax and let trump continue destroying the USA. He’s doing putin’s work and fucking us all, Europeans and Americans alike.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago

I moved all my cloud computing from DO and Vultr to European owned options. It's a small thing, but it's about the only thing that I had been purchasing from the USA.