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CANADA IN TRUMP VERSUS CARNEY ... CARNEY WINS U.S. Retail Check: Trump BEGS Electricity, Carney SHUTS the DOOR - Entire U.S. Industry Falls Apart PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14z0T9PgrEw
Trump BEGS Electricity, Carney SHUTS the DOOR - Entire U.S. Industry Falls Apart U.S. Retail Check Jul 31, 2025 18.4K subscribers ... 31,394 views ... 1K likes HOA KỲ Trump BEGS Electricity, Carney SHUTS the DOOR - Entire U.S. Industry Falls Apart In the escalating fallout from Trump Tariffs, a silent but devastating move has disrupted the backbone of U.S. Industry: power. After Washington announced a wave of new Tariffs—including a 50% steel levy—Canada responded not with words, but by targeting what no one expected: Electricity export. Overnight, 25% surcharges hit key lines, and multiple regions dependent on Canada Electricity faced crisis-level disruptions. This video explores how the decision to let Canada Cut Electricity exports is shaking U.S. factories, logistics centers, and everyday life. From hydro dams in Quebec to auto plants in Michigan, we investigate how fragile the flow of power truly is. The once-steady partnership built on Electricity export is now a geopolitical lever. And in this round, Canada Cut Electricity not through sanctions or embargoes—but by quietly freezing contracts. With Trump Tariffs deepening tensions and Tariffs affecting energy costs, America's industrial base is exposed. U.S. Industry now grapples with rolling blackouts, spiking power bills, and halted production lines. Behind this lies a strategic redefinition of trade—one where Canada Electricity isn't just a resource, but a tool of statecraft. Is this the new frontier of economic retaliation? As U.S. Industry strains under pressure and Canada Cut Electricity policies expand, it’s clear the power grid is no longer off-limits in global trade. Watch as we break down how Trump Tariffs, infrastructure fragility, and retaliatory Tariffs have combined to reshape the future of North American industry. #TrumpTariffs #Tariffs #Electricity #CanadaElectricity #USIndustry #ElectricityExport #USElectricity #trump #canada #canadanews #canadatariffs 📌 Disclaimer – URC Channel The thumbnail used in this video is intended for visual engagement purposes only. It is a creative representation designed to attract attention and may not fully reflect the actual content of the video. We appreciate your understanding. This video is created for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. While we strive to ensure accuracy and present well-sourced material, the content is primarily based on publicly available sources such as news reports, social media commentary, public forums, editorial analysis, and user-submitted insights. We do not guarantee complete accuracy, nor do we claim to provide official, exhaustive, or professional advice. Viewers are strongly encouraged to verify information independently and consult trusted sources before forming conclusions or making decisions. 📌 This content is not intended to defame, discredit, or cause harm to any individual, group, organization, or nation. Instead, it aims to explore multiple perspectives, raise awareness, and foster respectful dialogue and critical reflection. Please approach all content with an open mind and critical thinking. Thank you for watching and for being a thoughtful part of the URC community. How this content was made Altered or synthetic content Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated. Learn more Peter Burgess COMMENTARY The United States has been a dominant economic (and military) power since the end of WWII in 1945. I was born in 1940 and grew up in the UK, getting a pretty good education through school and university. I went to Blundells School, a boarding school founded in 1604 and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where I studied engineering and economics. During summer vacations in 1960 and 1961, I visited Canada and the United States, and during other vacations I got to travel quite extensively in Europe. I married in 1967 and we chose to migrate to Canada. I got an interesting job in Vancouver with a company specialising in the construction of pulp and paper mills. After a few months, I was assigned to a team supervising the construction of two pulp and paper mills in Texas USA. Texas is a good way ... and interesting way ... to be introduced to the United States. After Texas, everything seems quite ordinary! 60+ years later, I have observed massive changes in the United States as well as in other parts of the world. I have tried very hard to understand the good and the bad of all the changes that have taken place. Some of the progress has been very very good and some of the changes have been bad. During my working career I have been able to observe the process of change in many different aspects of the global socio-enviro-economic system. I am disappointed at how progress has impacted different countries and different classes of people in very different ways, I am particularly concerned about the massive growth in the wealth of a few and the increasing difficulty of an increasing population to progress in a meaningful way! The data shows that more wealth is now owned by a few wealthy families than at any time in history. This is something that continues to accelerate and needs to be addressed! This video addresses a big issue in world affairs ... the relationship between Canada and the United States ... and especially how this relationship is changing. I know Canada and the United States quite well ... not to mention much of the world. I am not impressed with Trump. By contrast, I am very impressed with Mark Carney. I don't think much of Anmerican leadership understands how 'fragile' the United States really is. Trump is likely to make this more obvious as he pushes forward with his MAGA dream to 'Make Ameican Great Again'. I have a lot to say about the changes that have taken place suring my adult lifetime ... and my concern for the USA is on 'red alert'! Peter Burgess Transcript 0:02 I will not hesitate to increase this charge. If necessary, if the United States escalates, I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely. That warning isn't coming from some distant adversary. This was a public declaration from Canada, right across the US border. Just hours after the White House slapped a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, authorities in Ontario responded not with words, but with a number, a 25% sir charge on all electricity exported to the United States immediately. 1.5 million American households in the north faced the risk of rolling blackouts. Factories would grind to a halt. Gas stations wouldn't have enough power to keep the pumps running. Prices for refrigerated goods would skyrocket. Above all, an entire region could go 1:01 dark at dusk. The power lines that cross Niagara Falls, once a bridge of trust, now hang suspended between politics and crisis. What on earth happened between two countries, once considered model neighbors, that electricity itself could be weaponized in retaliation? And if Canada were to shut off the power, what challenges would the US face? The analysis in this video is based on publicly available data and reflects a multifaceted perspective on economic policy. This video is not intended to attack any individual or organization. We hope you will listen with an open mind and broaden our perspectives together. Let's break it down and discuss. It all began on a seemingly ordinary day in June of 2025. In a move framed by a powerful narrative of national revival and protecting the nation's core manufacturing industry, the Washington administration announced 2:01 a hardline trade policy that sent shock waves across the continent. It imposed an 18% tariff on imported steel and a 12% tariff on imported aluminum with Canada, its largest trading partner, as the primary target. The stated objective was clear, simple, and politically potent. To incentivize the reopening of dormant American steel mills, to create high-paying jobs for American workers, and to put America first on the global industrial map. On the surface, it was a logical, patriotic goal. But in the intricate chess match of geopolitics, every move carries a consequence, and every action invites a reaction. This time, Canada, the neighbor so often characterized as gentle, predictable, and accommodating, declined to play by the old rules. It chose not to engage in a traditional tit fortat tariff war. They didn't target 3:00 American soybeans, automobiles, or everyday consumer goods. They aimed their response at something far more fundamental. A vulnerability hidden in plain sight. The invisible force that animates the entire modern American economy. The power switch. Almost overnight, long-term contracts for electricity exports to the United States, particularly the immensely valuable, clean, and reliable hydro power flowing from the vast reservoirs of Ontario and Manitoba were unilaterally frozen for review. This was no longer a trade dispute. It was a calculated strategic strike at the soft underbelly of the American industrial machine. To understand the gravity of this, one must imagine the United States and Canada not as two separate countries, but as conjoined twins, physically linked by a massive life sustaining electrical umbilical 4:00 cord. For more than half a century, Canada had quietly nourished its gargantuan southern sibling with a steady, cool, and dependable flow of energy. Over 31 major high voltage transmission lines physically stitch the two nations power grids together. These are not just pieces of technical infrastructure. They are the arteries and veins of a deeply integrated North American economy. In this symbiotic relationship, Canada was the pacemaker, regulating the rhythm and providing the essential spark. The US was the larger, more frenetic body, utterly dependent on that steady pulse to fuel its relentless activity. And now, for the first time, the one holding the pacemaker had placed its finger on the off switch. The severing of this electrical cord represented far more than just a power outage. It symbolized the fracturing of a historic partnership, the tearing of a bond of 5:01 flesh and blood. A relationship severed not with a bang, but with the deafening silence of a disconnected line. Canada's clean power isn't just reliable. It is, from an economic standpoint, astonishingly cheap. On average, it costs between 20% and 35% less than the power generated in many of America's key industrial states. The reason is a simple beautiful accident of geography and engineering. Nature itself, the colossal hydroelectric dams of Quebec, Manitoba, and Ontario, built decades ago, operate with ridiculously low marginal costs. They are a gift from the continent's powerful rivers and the immutable laws of gravity, requiring no coal to be mined, no natural gas to be fracked, no volatile global energy markets to navigate. But here lies the devastating irony. That same cheap, 6:03 clean Canadian electricity was the very lifeblood of the American steel foundaries, the very industry Washington claimed to be protecting with its tariffs. The paradox was inescapable and brutal. In its quest to protect American steel, the administration had inadvertently triggered a crisis that threatened to it. Canada's response, tightening the flow of essential power, created a vicious feedback loop. American steel plants suddenly found themselves in an impossible position, facing critical power shortages and simultaneously watching their energy costs. one of their largest operational expenses skyrocket. The grand industrial dream was being strangled by the very policy designed to nurture it. It was the strategic equivalent of draining a lake to catch a single fish only to discover you desperately needed the water to cook it. 7:01 The extended and unscheduled maintenance at the critical Carney transformer station, the main energy gateway from Manitoba into the US Midwest, along with the simultaneous technical disruptions in the transmission connections from Quebec, was far more than a simple supply problem. It was a glaring spotlight, illuminating a deeply uncomfortable truth that America's top electrical engineers and national security experts had been warning about for years. The United States's power grid is a magnificent 20th century engineering marvel that is fundamentally perilously struggling to survive the demands of the 21st century. The system is not, as many believe, a single unified national network. It is more accurately visualized as three distinct energy nations each operating in its own silo with limited ability to support the others. The 8:00 eastern interconnection serves the entire eastern half of the country. The western interconnection serves the west and Texas in its characteristic pursuit of independence operates its own entirely separate system known as OT. Critically, these three massive systems are not synchronized with each other. Moving a large volume of power from the hydroelectric dams of the Pacific Northwest to disasterstricken Florida, for example, is not as simple as pouring water from one bucket to another. It is a monumental technical, regulatory and financial challenge. This inherent fragmentation creates what engineers call energy islands. When one island faces a severe deficit due to a heat wave, a natural disaster, or a geopolitical action, receiving emergency aid from the other islands is slow, expensive, and often impossible on a meaningful scale. For decades, the 9:00 elegant, unspoken solution to this structural weakness was Canada. Those 31 crossber transmission lines acted as vital bridges, connecting America's isolated energy islands to a vast, stable, and resourcerich energy continent to the north. Now, those bridges were being systematically threatened with closure. A government accountability office GAO report published in 2023 to little public fanfare had already painted a deeply alarming picture. The report starkly concluded that approximately 70% of America's power transmission lines and large-scale transformers were over 25 years old. A significant portion of this critical infrastructure had been in continuous operation for 40, 50, or even 60 years. They are like weary, loyal old soldiers equipped with cold war era technology, now being forced to fight on 10:01 the front lines of a modern war defined by cyber attacks, extreme weather, and global trade disputes. The risk was no longer just inconvenient blackouts, but the terrifying possibility of cascading failures. a domino effect where the failure of one component triggers a chain reaction that could lead to the collapse of an entire regional grid. The vulnerability however runs even deeper. It is a fundamental weakness in the global supply chain. In the era of hyper globalization, specialization was lorded as the pinnacle of efficiency. This crisis revealed it as a source of profound strategic dependence. a dependence on Canadian electricity, a dependence on Chinese manufactured solar panels and storage batteries, a dependence on Kazakhstan enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. The relentless pursuit of economic efficiency had inadvertently carved out a massive strategic vulnerability at the 11:01 very heart of the American economy. This is the critical juncture where abstract numbers on economist spreadsheets and political rhetoric on cable news transform into a harsh tangible reality impacting the daily lives of millions. The domino effect once initiated in a complex interconnected system spreads with a speed and ferocity that is difficult to comprehend. And in the tightly woven ecosystem of modern industry, when even one small link falters, like a single transformer station in Ontario, the entire transnational supply chain can begin to buckle and fracture. Imagine the Miller family in Buffalo, New York, a city that sits quite literally on the doorstep of Canada's vast energy reserves. For their entire lives, they had never once thought about where their electricity came from. It was simply there, as reliable as the 12:00 sunrise. Until their July electricity bill arrived. The final number on the bottom line seemed to mock them. A staggering 40% increase from the previous month. Tucked inside the envelope was a small, formally worded insert from the utility company, blandly explaining a new non-negotiable grid stability sir charge. A polite euphemism for the massive cost of scrambling to buy more expensive power from coal and gas plants further south to compensate for the Canadian shortfall. This bill shock wasn't an isolated incident. It was a story repeated in millions of homes, apartments, and small businesses across the entire northern tier of states. The Canada sir charge became a bitter sarcastic term on local news broadcasts and talk radio. The impact rippled outward with relentless force. Gas 13:00 stations facing higher electricity costs to run their pumps and lighting began adjusting their prices, not weekly, but daily. At the local supermarket, the prices of frozen goods, dairy products, and even fresh produce rose sharply, reflecting the increased cost of refrigerated warehouses and the logistics chains that supplied them. Thinking of buying a new car, its price had ticked up as well, a direct reflection of the soaring energy costs absorbed by the massive automotive assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio. What fueled the most intense public outrage, however, was not the scarcity itself, but the suffocating feeling of being trapped. Ordinary citizens had become unwilling hostages in a highstakes geopolitical game they didn't understand, didn't start, and certainly didn't choose. Their anger lacked a single clear target. It wasn't aimed solely at Canada, nor was it directed 14:01 entirely at their own government in Washington. It was a diffuse, pervasive rage born from a sense of utter powerlessness. The terrifying realization that the most fundamental pillars of their modern lives were shockingly fragile. The electricity bill crisis was no longer a technical or economic issue. It had become a profound crisis of faith in the system. And America, the superpower, was being forced to experience a sensation it was far more accustomed to imposing on other nations, the bitter taste of dependence. While households struggled with their monthly bills, America's largest corporations were facing a full-blown existential crisis. Consider the vast data centers that form the physical brain of the digital economy, the cloud. These facilities are powerg guzzling monsters consuming more electricity than entire cities. For them, an 15:01 uninterrupted power supply is not a luxury. It is an absolute necessity. A disruption of even a few milliseconds can corrupt data and trigger millions of dollars in losses. Now, the tech giants were forced to send out unsettling notices to their global clients, warning of potential service interruptions and firing up their fleets of diesel-powered backup generators. An environmentally disastrous and ruinously expensive stop gap. The cloud, it turned out, was anchored to a very unstable patch of ground. Advanced manufacturing sectors from semiconductor fabrication plants to pharmaceutical labs which rely on a perfectly stable clean source of power began to curtail production. The massive cold storage facilities that form the backbone of the nation's food supply chain were presented with an impossible choice. Pay the crippling new electricity costs which would bankrupt them or risk the spoilage of millions of 16:01 tons of food. Canada didn't need to make threats or close the border. They just had to hold back what was theirs, a steady flow of hydro power. And that was enough to make the giant machine to the south begin to wobble. In a world where power no longer lies in nuclear bombs or aircraft carriers, but in clean and sustainable energy, Canada suddenly stepped onto the global power stage. Not with a bang, but with quiet resolve. Canada didn't need to rattle sabers or close its borders. It simply had to withhold that which was rightfully its own, the steady, powerful flow of its rivers. And that simple act was enough to make the colossal machine to the south begin to sputter and shake. In a new world order true power is increasingly measured not in aircraft carriers, but in clean, sustainable energy, Canada had unexpectedly and perhaps reluctantly stepped onto the global stage. Not with a shout, but with 17:01 the decisive, unmistakable click of a switch. The global financial world operates on a currency far more valuable than the US dollar. Predictability. When a multinational corporation decides to invest billions of dollars to build a new factory or data center, it is making a bet on the future. That bet requires absolute certainty. certainty in the rule of law, in tax policy, and most critically in the constant uninterrupted supply of energy needed to keep the lights on and the machines running 24/7. This sudden politically driven energy crisis shattered that bedrock of certainty. In the glass towers of London, Tokyo, and Frankfurt, risk analysts at major investment banks began to quietly downgrade America's sovereign risk rating. The combination of unpredictable trade policies and a newly exposed grid fragility created a toxic 18:02 uncertain investment climate. The result was a subtle but momentous shift in the global flow of foreign direct investment. A German automaker which had been planning a major expansion of its plant in South Carolina put those plans on indefinite hold while its board began to seriously study a competing proposal for a site in Ontario where the provincial government was now actively marketing its stable, clean, and politically secured energy supply. An Asian tech giant scouting locations for its next massive North American data center found the allure of Quebec's immense and reliable hydro power suddenly irresistible. This wasn't a panicked overnight exodus. It was a slow, methodical and continuous flight of capital. Like a large dam that has sprung a thousand tiny leaks. At first, it's just a few drops, then a trickle, then a steady stream. And if the structural cracks are not repaired, 19:01 it can eventually lead to a catastrophic failure. The United States wasn't just losing access to cheap electricity. It was risking something far more precious. Its longheld reputation as the safest, most stable, and most reliable place in the world to do business. And the crulest cut of all was that this blow came not from a geopolitical foe, but from its closest friend. A stark reminder that in our interconnected world, true power often lies not with the one who shouts the loudest, but with the one who controls that which is indispensable. As the trade tensions festered and escalated over several agonizing weeks with frantic back channel negotiations yielding no results and the media on both sides of the border trading increasingly sharp barbs, something fundamental shifted. It didn't require a dramatic prime time speech or a formal 20:01 declaration of economic war. All it took was a single quiet but seismic action from Ontario. the implementation of the 25% search charge on all power exports. This was followed by something even more chilling, an unofficial message delivered through diplomatic and industry channels that began to circulate through the highest echelons of North American politics. Canada might be willing to pull the plug, literally. This was no longer the polite language of diplomacy. This wasn't about reviewing contracts or unforeseen technical disruptions. This was a hand hovering directly over the master switch. And the entire northern US power grid could feel the palpable tension crackling down every single high voltage line. What made this unspoken warning so terrifyingly potent was that it didn't need to be shouted from the rooftops. Every engineer, every CEO, every politician understood the 21:02 fundamental asymmetry of the situation. Steel can be stockpiled in a warehouse. Soybeans can be purchased from Brazil, but electricity cannot. It is produced and consumed in the same instant. When the supply is cut, there is no time left to negotiate. There is only darkness. And darkness when applied on a national scale does not simply mean turning off the lights. It means paralysis. It means silent hospitals, stalled supply chains, and frozen economies. Millions of people, from policy makers in Washington to families in their homes, were left to grapple with a terrifying question. Was this just an extreme form of economic brinkmanship? or were they witnessing the first step in a painful and complete realignment of the entire North American order? That agonizing period of trade tension, 22:00 while deeply stressful, ultimately served as a powerful and unexpected catalyst for a strategy that Canada had been quietly, cautiously pursuing for years, diversification. The old business adage, never put all your eggs in one basket, took on a new and urgent meaning. Canada, a G7 nation, awoke to the stark realization that a staggering 75% of its export eggs were sitting in the single, increasingly volatile basket of a neighbor whose behavior had become erratic and unpredictable. For generations, the US had been the gravitational sun in Canada's economic solar system. Canada, like a small beautiful satellite, revolved around it, bound by the inertia of history and geography. But when that sun began emitting unstable and dangerous solar flares in the form of punitive tariffs, political threats, and impulsive policies, the satellite had no choice 23:00 but to start calculating a new trajectory. The signing of comprehensive trade agreements like the Ca with Indonesia was suddenly transformed from a boring diplomatic formality into a clear decisive signal of a major strategic pivot. Canadian trade delegations began appearing with much greater frequency and purpose in the capitals of Jakarta, Hanoi, and Seoul. They were no longer there just to sell traditional Canadian commodities like lumber, minerals, or oil. They were now selling their nation's most valuable 21st century asset, stability, predictability, and a secure source of clean energy untangled from geopolitical risk. At international forums and in bilateral meetings, Canadian representatives weren't just talking about goods and services. They were telling a new story. It was the story of a cool-headed, resilient nation emerging from the long shadow of its southern giant, positioning itself not 24:02 as a follower, but as a central stabilizing hub in a turbulent world. They no longer sought to be dependent. They aim to be the indispensable partner that other global powers turn to for balance and reliability. The image of Canada as a secure energy powerhouse, the safe, reliable wall outlet in the midst of a global storm of deglobalization was being carefully and successfully cultivated. In high-level negotiations, they brought detailed maps of their power grid, demonstrating how a manufacturing partner in Seoul could secure clean energy from British Columbia, facilitated by emerging lowcarbon storage technologies. They were no longer just selling electricity. They were selling a vision of a secure and sustainable industrial future. This change was far more profound than mere economics. It represented a fundamental shift in national identity. If Canadians 25:01 were once defined internationally by maple leaves, hockey, and their role as America's steadfast sidekick, they were now actively redefining themselves as a globallyminded middle power with a confident, independent voice, a pillar nation, not a satellite. They were methodically building a new global network of partnerships stretching from the European Union through the Sitta Agreement to the dynamic economies of the Asia-Pacific through the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership. Every new trade deal signed, every new partnership forged was another thread pulled from the web of American dependency. Most importantly, they were architecting a future where their national economic health would no longer be subject to the political moods of Washington DC. A future where sleepless nights in Ottawa would no longer be caused by an impulsive late night tweet from the White House. 26:01 A new Canada was taking shape. Less loud perhaps, but infinitely more resilient. Without needing to shout slogans, they were behaving like meticulous engineers, quietly redesigning the railway tracks even as the train was hurtling down them. This was a nation no longer seeking the world's attention, but earning its trust. And in a volatile postcrisis world, trust may be the most valuable form of power there is. This entire episode serves as a profound and deeply unsettling lesson about the true nature of power in the 21st century. It starkly demonstrates that sometimes ultimate authority doesn't reside in the gilded marble halls of the White House or on the floor of the US capital. Sometimes it lies quiet and dormant within a humble unassuming transformer station in rural Ontario. 27:00 It proves that the very connections we build and celebrate as symbols of progress and cooperation can in the blink of an eye be transformed into chains of dependency. And that dependency, no matter how artfully it is disguised under the benign label of economic efficiency, is still and always will be dependency. This leaves us all with one final deeply uncomfortable question for which there is no easy answer. When the most basic and essential tools of modern civilization, a simple wall socket, a common light switch, become politicized, weaponized, and integrated into the arsenal of statecraft, who is truly in control of anything. When the cold hard logic of politics collides with the immutable laws of physics, who ultimately wins? In a future conflict, the losing side may not be the one with fewer missiles or smaller armies, but the one with the more fragile and vulnerable power grid. Because in the 28:01 end, you can survive for a time without steel, but you cannot survive for a day without electricity. Who do you think really controls the switch? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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