unfortunate. neil: whether the tariff reonse or tough trade response is the way to go, it has people up to the idea that some people don t play fair with us. net-net when it comes to canada, we still end up with the better part of the deal. but it has a wakened people to the fact that there s some rigging going on, even among friends. how does this all gettled? tdent is trying to use the threat of tariffs as leverage. i think the trick of tariffs is fine, but the goal is not to raise trade barriers around the united states. it s to lower everybody else s trade barriers down to a reasonable area so that there is more trade rather than less. that is the problem here. you know, the president offhandedly parentally is reported at the g-7 to have said let s get rid of all of our tariffs between the united