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2017-04-29 Great White North

Trade Wars 101 - US Coal not shipped from Canadian Ports

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Posted by Bobby 2017-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Trump's decision to impose tariffs of up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber shipped into the United States.

Why'd he do that?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-29 00:09|| 2017-04-29 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't realise there was 'good' coal and 'bad' coal.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-29 01:14|| 2017-04-29 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3 'Good coal' is that which you make money from.
'Bad coal' is that which costs you money.

How can she surrender the business?
I wonder what else goes thru those ports.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-29 04:28|| 2017-04-29 04:28|| Front Page Top

#4 NAFTA posturing Grom.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-29 04:30|| 2017-04-29 04:30|| Front Page Top

#5 So more shipping out of US ports, with attendant increases in jobs for rail, port, shipping industries?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-04-29 11:48|| 2017-04-29 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently not. "As you may know, over the past five years, every proposed coal export facility on the West Coast of the United States has been rejected or withdrawn, typically as a result of ecological or environmental concerns," Clark said, adding that provincial governments and U.S. western states are phasing out the use of thermal coal as a source of electricity.

Posted by Bobby 2017-04-29 12:29|| 2017-04-29 12:29|| Front Page Top

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