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Tag: tariffs

Trump’s Tariffs: A Capitalist Trade War on Auto Workers

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 Tim Heffernan

Donald Trump has called “tariff” his favourite word, showing that he must have a limited vocabulary. When he imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in 2018, he claimed it was protecting American industry. In reality, these tariffs were a nationalist smokescreen for a deeper capitalist crisis — one where working people, not corporate elites, […]

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Canadian Election will Solve Nothing

March 31, 2025April 9, 2025 Bill Hopwood

Not surprisingly, the Liberal’s new leader, Mark Carney, has called the federal election for April 28. The Liberal’s sense is that they can win. At the end of January Poilievre and the Conservatives seemed to be coasting to a landslide victory. Two months later it is now the Liberals who appear to be heading to […]

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Tariffs: The Bosses Never Waste a Good Crisis

March 4, 2025March 8, 2025 Bill Hopwood

Update: March 6 Trump is treating the economies of Canada, Mexico and the US the way a cat “teases” a captured mouse. He is playing with the future and livelihoods of 500 million people. On March 4, tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada were hit with 25 percent tariffs, apart from energy and […]

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Trump Tariffs and Blackmail Escalate Global Trade War

February 12, 2025March 4, 2025 Per Olsson

Shockwaves sent through world capitalism The punitive tariffs announced by President-elect Donald Trump, 25 percent on all steel and aluminum imports along the paused tariffs against Canada and Mexico and the new tariffs on Chinese goods are a dramatic escalation of the global trade war. It is clear that the Trump administration is increasingly prepared […]

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A Workers’ Program for Trump’s Tariffs

February 3, 2025March 4, 2025 Bill Hopwood

Update: March 4 Trump has declared a trade war on Canada and Mexico. Workers in Canada, Mexico and the US need to draw up plans to protect jobs, livelihoods, living standards and homes. Trump has imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. On March 4, he confirmed his long-threatened tariffs of 25 percent on all […]

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