Canada looks to Germany to offset Trump tariff agenda

 

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Germany to build out defense and energy ties, a move designed to buffer Canada’s economy against the tariff threats posed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

“There’s a broad range of areas, from critical minerals to energy and defense and security, where we are intensifying our discussions with Germany,” Carney told reporters Friday on Parliament Hill.

He said he’ll be accompanied by senior members of his Cabinet responsible for defense, trade and industry to bolster economic and security cooperation.

 

The prime minister has said Trump’s trade agenda presents Ottawa with no choice but to build new alliances.

 

“Canada must be looking elsewhere to expand our trade, to build our economy and to protect our sovereignty,” the prime minister said earlier this year. “Canada is ready to take a leadership role in building a coalition of like-minded countries.”

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/canada-germany-trump-tariffs-00519795

Germany is an industrial basket case. Good luck.

Might get a few percent offset but the majority of the Canadian export market is to the USA.

 

About 75 percent. 

Fun facts to add

 

About 88 percent of our energy exports go to USA. 

 

About 96 percent of our oil is exported to USA.

 

 

9 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Fun facts to add

 

About 88 percent of our energy exports go to USA. 

 

About 96 percent of our oil is exported to USA.

 

Gosh.  If only they hadn't been fighting for years not to build pipelines to the east and west coasts, they may be able to get beyond the USA market in the next 20 years.  They do have a new pipeline to export more on the west coast, Until recently, all of that oil went to the USA, too.  Now, some of it goes to China.   For which I actually salute Canada.  It's good to diversify.  But it's not going to fix their problems.  And I doubt the East Coast Canucks will ever tolerate a pipeline that would serve Germany a significant amount.  I hope they prove me wrong.

 

Another fun fact...  Ther USA is a net exporter of oil and gas.  We (the USA) export more than we import.  But we do refine it and compress it and make money on those upgrades.

 

1 minute ago, impulse said:

But we do refine it and compress it and make money on those upgrades.

 

Yes you refine it and sell us the gasoline back. 

 

6 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Yes you refine it and sell us the gasoline back. 

 

Maybe Canada should build a refinery. 

43 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Germany is an industrial basket case.

 

Germany is an industrial basket case conglomerate.

3 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Maybe Canada should build a refinery. 

 

As one of the top reserve countries on the planet you would think so eh. 

 

We do have a few but with the amount of oil we have its simply lacking. 

45 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Germany is an industrial basket case. Good luck.

Wow, it's not only Trump that's regressing mentally I see.

Canada will show the world they don't need the US to survive, and others countries will take it as an example.

33 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Fun facts to add

 

About 88 percent of our energy exports go to USA. 

 

About 96 percent of our oil is exported to USA.

 

 

I didn't know you're a clairvoyant. I think the world needs you: blaze master to the front !😂

3 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Wow, it's not only Trump that's regressing mentally I see.

 

 

The German economy is experiencing a “structural crisis” rather than just temporary “weakness,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said, admitting that steering the country’s economy back on track has proven harder than he had anticipated.

 

Is Merz regressing mentally, too?

 

Just now, newbee2022 said:

I didn't know you're a clairvoyant. I think the world needs you: blaze master to the front !😂

 

What does your personal jab at me have to do with the facts I presented ? 

51 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Germany is an industrial basket case. Good luck.

The german industry makes lots of better stuff than the US does.

Good bye USA when trying to get the producing industy back. 

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

 

The German economy is experiencing a “structural crisis” rather than just temporary “weakness,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said, admitting that steering the country’s economy back on track has proven harder than he had anticipated.

 

Is Merz regressing mentally, too?

 

So we agree that the German economy is not a "basket case" then.

Just now, blaze master said:

 

What does your personal jab at me have to do with the facts I presented ? 

You are a yesterday man, that's all. There is no continuity any more in trade relations. So whatever was in the past is irrelevant for the future.

1 minute ago, BLMFem said:

So we agree that the German economy is not a "basket case" then.

 

It's not?

 

Large parts of the country’s economy “are no longer truly competitive,” the chancellor acknowledged. Merz mentioned the plummeting earnings by Volkswagen, which experienced a massive 36% after-tax slump in the second quarter of the year, calling it just “one of many messages” about the state of the country’s economy.   

 

 

“By this week at the latest, no one should be under any illusions about how deep and far-reaching the challenges that face us are,” Merz stated.  

 

1 minute ago, BLMFem said:

So we agree that the German economy is not a "basket case" then.

 

It's not?

 

Large parts of the country’s economy “are no longer truly competitive,” the chancellor acknowledged. Merz mentioned the plummeting earnings by Volkswagen, which experienced a massive 36% after-tax slump in the second quarter of the year, calling it just “one of many messages” about the state of the country’s economy.   

 

 

“By this week at the latest, no one should be under any illusions about how deep and far-reaching the challenges that face us are,” Merz stated.  

 

4 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

 

The German economy is experiencing a “structural crisis” rather than just temporary “weakness,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said, admitting that steering the country’s economy back on track has proven harder than he had anticipated.

 

Is Merz regressing mentally, too?

 

Well, at least Merz knows what he's talking about. He doesen't shout "tariffs".

 

European countries have prooved that they can handle ecomic problems. The US just blows up it's debt, again now with the big ugly bill.

3 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

You are a yesterday man, that's all. There is no continuity any more in trade relations. So whatever was in the past is irrelevant for the future.

 

Oh dear. You seem to not understand how things go in North America. 

11 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

Well, at least Merz knows what he's talking about. He doesen't shout "tariffs".

 

European countries have prooved that they can handle ecomic problems. The US just blows up it's debt, again now with the big ugly bill.

 

I'd bet dollars to donut holes that you (or anyone else on AN) can't detail 10% of what's in the bill.  You're just parroting the MSM.  Who are well known for their objective reporting on all things Trump, right?

 

Edit:  I'd add that with Germany's huge trade surplus, tariffs probably aren't as viable a solution as they would be for the USA with our huge trade deficit.

 

 

7 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Oh dear. You seem to not understand how things go in North America. 

Good, that we have you!!! You will always enlighten us !!! (End of joke)😁

Woke Canada going to woke Germany. Good luck. EU is not going well.

You focus what's about the bill.

 

US economy is going DOWN.

 

btw

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is President Trump's comprehensive US tax and spending bill, which, among other things, provides for the permanent extension of the TCJA tax cuts. Other provisions include new tax breaks for tips and overtime, a significant expansion of spending on defense and border protection, and massive cuts to climate and social services such as Medicaid. Critics see this as a massive increase in national debt, which could cost millions of people access to health insurance and slow the energy transition.

1 minute ago, newbee2022 said:

Good, that we have you!!! You will always enlighten us !!! (End of joke)😁

 

You sound so desperate. You're in over your head on this.

 

 

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

“Canada must be looking elsewhere to expand our trade, to build our economy and to protect our sovereignty,” the prime minister said earlier this year. “Canada is ready to take a leadership role in building a coalition of like-minded countries.”

 

That would be BRICS.

 

Sorry, the "C" is already taken.

You could try "H".

America is isolating itself from the rest of the world. Staunch allies are now seeking trade deals elsewhere. Who wants to strike deals with a leader who changes his mind every 24 hours?

 

I suppose when people drink enough Kool-Aid, they are oblivious to the pain of shooting themselves in the foot.

5 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

You sound so desperate. You're in over your head on this.

 

 

“We need a small light to guide us. Stay with us.” (End of conversation)

5 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

You focus what's about the bill.

 

US economy is going DOWN.

 

btw

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is President Trump's comprehensive US tax and spending bill, which, among other things, provides for the permanent extension of the TCJA tax cuts. Other provisions include new tax breaks for tips and overtime, a significant expansion of spending on defense and border protection, and massive cuts to climate and social services such as Medicaid. Critics see this as a massive increase in national debt, which could cost millions of people access to health insurance and slow the energy transition.

What energy transition? Fossil fuels are government policy. Renewable support has been put in a round file.