Category: Economy
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Trump’s Tariffs: Fake Problems, Fake Solutions
Trump is mad. Mad at the world. Mad at anyone who challenges him. Mad in his actions. Tariffs, a tax on goods coming into the US, are Trump’s weapon of … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariff Policy: Disciplining Capital by Granting Exemptions
An important motivation for President Trump’s tariff escalation is often overlooked: tariffs serve Trump as a domestic and foreign policy instrument of power. Keep reading »
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From Bad to Worse: The New Political Setting and Challenges for the Canadian Left
The Legitimation Crisis and Authoritarian State The current political conjuncture can be defined by an unfolding sense, in Canada and around the world, that neoliberal policies have failed and even capitalism … Keep reading »
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From Bad to Worse: The New Political Setting and Challenges for the Canadian Left
The current political conjuncture can be defined by an unfolding sense, in Canada and around the world, that neoliberal policies have failed and even capitalism itself is not working. This … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariffs Seen from Contradictory Angles
Donald Trump’s paleo-conservative, isolationist attack on global capitalist trade is already having formidable impacts. If tariff levels and targets announced on “Liberation Day,” April 2, are sustained, a full-blown economic … Keep reading »
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The Man Who Would Be King: Method in Trump’s Madness, Contradictions in Trump’s Method
Headwinds have emerged in Donald Trump’s rush to derail and transform the state and place the US Empire on a radically new – but no less oppressive – footing. This … Keep reading »
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Trade War and Attacks on National Sovereignty: How Unions Can Fight Back
The United States has launched a full-scale attack on our economy and our very existence as a sovereign country. Canadians have responded by boycotting US products, buying Canadian, and cancelling … Keep reading »
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Canada-US Trade War: A Reality Check
In the very first month of his second term, US President-elect, Donald Trump unleashed American imperialism by openly expressing his desire to bring Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and the … Keep reading »
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The Trump Tariff Challenge and the Rule of Capital
As Canadians sift through the rubble of Trump’s latest salvo and steel themselves for the next in the back-and-forth of the US-Canada trade war, there is increasing interest, especially on … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Trade War and Canadian Workers
The 25% tariffs imposed on exports from Canada and Mexico by the US administration of Donald Trump effective March 4 (with an exception of 10% tariffs for Canadian oil and … Keep reading »
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Interprovincial Trade Barriers – A Solution Looking for a Problem?
Canada struggles with the threats from the United States that include imposing not only high tariffs, but even the unimaginable – annexing the country. In a highly defensive mode, the … Keep reading »
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Climate Finance and the Limits of Market Fundamentalism
On December 18, 2024, we spoke with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a research institute that contributes to the debates across Canada … Keep reading »