Fog Blog Ridiculog:

WITH DECADES OF NAFTA HARMONY WITH THE U.S. THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY ANNOUNCES HEFTY TARIFFS FOR OUR SOFTWOOD LUMBER!! People have said that Trump will want to run the U.S. like his businesses....are we seeing this already? WASHINGTON – A pair of former American ambassadors to Canada have criticized what they call unhelpful and counter-productive remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump about the northern neighbour. .Barack Obama’s last envoy to Ottawa said publicly wailing about grievances actually makes it harder to resolve all the inevitable, routine trade irritants that pop up in a C$841-billion annual bilateral relationship.Bruce Heyman said the risk of taking public pot-shots is a tit-for-tat scenario: the other side feels a need to respond and then there’s a counter-response and an escalation thereafter, so that countries are settling scores rather than solving problems. Locally, what does this mean for New Brunswick? The market is small here with the lumber lots and sawmills really needing the exemptions to stay afloat! We hope that negotiations will lead to an equitable agreement for all and relieve the fears of the woodlot owners and sawmills and keep this dispute off the Ridiculog!!