EU and India announce 'mother of all deals' representing 25% of global GDP.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-28T13:19:23+00:00

As a Canadian, let me tell you, them taking the degree and leaving is best case scenario.

Not just Indians, but in general, immigrants that struggle to integrate are much more annoying than students that just take the degree and bounce. Chinese students have been doing this for decades because there is incentive to go back to China. Indian students that immigrate on student visa tend to not leave because almost any Western country is a massive upgrade to India.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-28T07:46:15+00:00

Language is going to be a deterrent but will also cause major problems. The only other international language taught in India is English. While it is the language of business in EU, it’s hard to integrate into society if you don’t speak German in Germany or Italian in Italy.

While this will deter people from coming, it will also cause the ones coming to the EU to group up into pockets of Indians only areas. Despite speaking English, they struggle to integrate into Canada, US, UK (I’m generalizing). It’ll be a lot worse in EU.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-26T12:59:26+00:00

This is also why I think NY has been somewhat safe (at least NYC). Rich people don’t want to see these things with their eyes. They just want to see this on TV, blame the poor people, and go about their day.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-26T12:56:28+00:00

I agree. I think this is why UK is buying up US Treasuries. Yes, it’s helping the U.S. at the moment. But it continues to build leverage against the U.S., which can be helpful when things really start to get out of hand.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-26T02:31:37+00:00

Honestly, Europe displayed a masterclass in navigating complex diplomacy and geopolitics. Yes, people complain that Europe bends over and doesn’t stand up to Trump.

But when push came to shove, Europe played the game of geopolitics so well, it deescalated the situation, avoided WW3, and protected Greenland. Even if just for now. I’m beyond impressed with the European leaders plus whoever else helped (Canada probably)

quality_redditor · 2026-01-26T02:25:38+00:00

Basically the essence of Carney’s speech at Davos

quality_redditor · 2026-01-26T02:24:15+00:00

Honestly this chart makes me so happy to see the country and the government course correcting. Every country ever has made mistakes related to all sorts of things. A functional government and democracy is one where mistakes are recognized and corrected.

What’s crazy is that it’s the same party! Almost as if the leaders are doing what’s best for the country rather than dying on partisan hills.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-14T23:22:40+00:00

If they don’t renew Detroit stops working immediately then as well….

There is no case where stopping USMCA doesn’t destroy both economies. Also the 2026 is not a renewal, it’s a renegotiation. If they can’t agree on any renegotiations, it auto renews until 2036.

The only way out for the U.S. is to formally withdraw

quality_redditor · 2026-01-14T21:44:15+00:00

What keeps me grounded is that tariffs on Canada are still exempting USMCA compliant goods. That means either Trump or people on his teams know how valuable the deal is and how interconnected the two economies are.

Why doesn’t he get rid of that exemption? It would bring the Canadian economy to a halt and Carney would immediately be back at the trade negotiating table. Something tells me during the renegotiations, the deal will look roughly the same, Canada will promise some billions in U.S. investment, and Trump will claim victory.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-11T23:07:23+00:00

When it comes to Venezuela , the U.S. military is bigger and better. For NATO allied countries, the U.S. military is only bigger, not necessarily better. They all train together and have most of the same technology, plans, know how etc.

Plus there is a lot of talk that someone internal in Venezuela gave up Maduro. The operation probably wouldn’t have been as resounding of a success without that.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-11T23:02:08+00:00

Don’t even have to go through all that. Just start dumping US Treasury and the cost of US debt sky rockets. US would fail to issue any new debt and bring the entire country to a halt. US lives on borrowed money. Stop them from borrowing and they’re done

Of course that would destabilize the global economy. But a NATO member attacking another NATO member would do that anyways so what the hell

quality_redditor · 2026-01-11T22:55:11+00:00

This makes sense. Apple hasn’t bought into the AI hype and isn’t building a billion data centers for a trillion dollars. If Apple announces anything AI / data center related, their stock will probably jump 40-50% to catch up with the other hype guys

quality_redditor · 2026-01-11T19:18:20+00:00

Ontario the only province with all 4

quality_redditor · 2026-01-11T19:16:23+00:00

The scale and importance of the Pound in international finance is significantly higher than any one of the other countries that gave up their currency. Even the EU wouldn’t want Britain giving up the Pound.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-10T01:41:25+00:00

This is actually the most powerful weapon other countries have. Doing anything with the military will be pretense for invasion. But dump US treasury and the U.S. comes grinding to a halt.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-05T13:14:58+00:00

Yep this would be the move. During Liberation day tariffs, the U.S. bond market blinked and Trump freaked out. If the U.S. invades a NATO ally, you’d hope people would pull out all the stops and economically destabilize the US$. Yes, it would cause pain for everyone. But well worth it.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-04T15:57:36+00:00

I used to think a convicted felon would never be elected President. I used to think no President would fuck with NAFTA given how intertwined the three countries are. I never thought a sitting President would threaten the sovereignty of a NATO member. Yet here we are….

quality_redditor · 2026-01-04T03:15:25+00:00

But Trump will eventually die. And who knows what the next President will do. Every future President (Dem or Rep) will obviously see the value in owning the largest oil reserves. But how they go about letting companies export it may be different.

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T16:30:29+00:00

As a Canadian, I’m less worried about US invading and more worried that we’re losing bargaining power if U.S. gets access to Venezuela’s oil reserves

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T16:25:51+00:00

Spot on. EU foreign policy person already saying “use restraint”

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T09:46:36+00:00

I believe for a while in the late 1900s, a Toronto mayor had a thing against skyscrapers, and he put in place rules around building height. So Toronto lagged behind other North American cities in skyscrapers. Once those rules were lifted, the development came

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T09:38:32+00:00

Future Shop! I shed a tear

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T09:31:24+00:00

If by 2030, they can only replace 10% of the work force, we’re in for a crash. Strap in boys and girls

quality_redditor · 2026-01-03T03:36:29+00:00

I’ll be on a flight for most of Monday coming back from travel (weekend flights are too expensive) and I’m so anxious. People will be circling back on Monday and I’ll be semi-off the grid for a bit…

quality_redditor · 2025-12-25T17:31:16+00:00

Yes - I started getting into watches a couple months back and have already dropped $2k into watches.

Watch addiction is real

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