From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: I Told You Rich Kid - We Don't NEED Your Lumber
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:14:50 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 3/8/25 21:30, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 18:12:53 -0800, Alan says...
>
>>
>> On 2025-03-08 18:03, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:55:25 -0800, Alan says...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2025-03-07 21:31, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> President Trump: "What we're doing is freeing up our forests from the environmental nonsense that they put on them, where you can't cut down a tree."
>>>>>
>>>>> "Canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs for lumber!"
>>>>>
>>>>> https://x.com/i/status/1898058946339897426
>>>
>>>> Quick question:
>>>>
>>>> Who negotiated and signed the current trade deal between the US, Canada
>>>> and Mexico?
>>>
>>> Quick question:
>>>
>>> Who kept, for 4 years, the negotiated and signed current trade deal between
>>> the US, Canada and Mexico, which will no longer BE current, because it is
>>> outdated and needs to be amended?
>>>
>>> Time to sign a different one.
>>>
>>> I told you... We Don't NEED Your Lumber, rich boy.
>
>> Who was it who negotiated it?
>
> But, was it really?
>
>> Hint: it's the same guy who's now claiming it was a terrible deal.
>
> It is... because it's outdated and needs to be amended.
Funny how that's not what what he signed said. As signed, the USMCA was
for a 14 year term (renewable), which would be through December 2033.
And while some changes can of course be negotiated prior to that, the
basic structure necessitates that they only be minor ones, because the
business investment needs are based on time horizons of easily a decade
if not longer. Case in point, one would want the USMCA to be renewed at
least once (eg, 28 years) for having adequate ramp for applying
depreciation IAW GAAP in one's corporate business planning.
-hh