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In reply to the discussion: 3M officially responds to Trump's inhumane demands ... [View all]amcgrath
(397 posts)I actually feel quite sorry for 3M. They were quick to say that they thought the order to cease export to Canada and Mexico was wrong. These were regular customers and part of the trade that goes between the three countries and benefits everybody.
All Trump has suceeded in doing, is showing - very publicly - that the US cannot be relied on in an emergency. - something most of us have known all our lives, but still a revelation to some.
Within 24 hours of the announcement, Canada had set up warehousing in China and bought millions of masks which will be shipping direct from the warehouse there, to various points in Canada.
When this is all over, does Trump imagine the Canadian health system will hook back up with 3M and go back to having a supplier who is prevented from shipping to them in a crisis? Canada will more likely stick with China and perhaps set up its own maunfacturers, by reserving some of the $8 billion dollars worth of pulp and paper products it supplies the US with each year.
As a sociopath, Trumps behaviour is expected, but as businessmen is happy to pull stunts, to look like the big man, but doesn't give a damn about anybody's future. He did the same sort of thing to the farmers, and now China buys pork and soy beans from Russia.