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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he is "disappointed" by an increased tariff on some exports to the United States.

Donald Trump escalated a trade war by boosting the tariff rate from 25% to 35%, saying that Canada had "failed to cooperate" in curbing the flow of fentanyl and other drugs across the US border. The Canadian government says it is cracking down on drug gangs.

However most goods from Canada will dodge the import tax imposed by the US thanks to an existing trade treaty, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Economists and financial analysts have warned that the new levies will raise prices for businesses and consumers in the US and weigh on the economy, predictions that the Trump administration has dismissed.

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[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, you hacks writing this: there is no massive flow of drugs going from Canada to the USA. Stop letting the orange rapist get away with this lie.

Here's my original post again. I bolded the key part: it's Trump telling the lie, and the news organizations are credulously repeating it.

This same article doesn't provide any pushback to this claim until much later in the article, and then it only says that, "Carney said Canada accounts for only about 1% of fentanyl imports into the US," instead of calling it what it is: a lie.

This is what has my onions cheesed: that major news outlets are uncritically repeating all the fetid slop that spews from Trump's mouth. Another example was the 'Governor Trudeau' bit from a few months ago, where I saw one clip of a gormless CNN anchor nod their empty head and chuckle as Trump's lapdog displayed the most wanton disregard for civility and the truth.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point you are missing is it is a Journalists job to report what happened and what was said. Whether what Trump said was true or not is beside the point. They are reporting what he said, not that it is a fact, and also reporting what Carney has said while not declaring it a fact.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, their job is to report what was said and give context including accuracy.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

The context given was Carney said we account for 1% of the flow south. Which demonstrates that Trumps statement is inaccurate.

If one reads the article one can clearly see that Trump said Canada accounts for a huge flow of drugs over the border and isn't doing enough to curb it. Carney stated the fact that it is 1% of total movement into the US, and the article also states that Canada has increased enforcement clearly demonstrating that what Trump said is not accurate.