No Catchy Nickname: Captain Shaky: Only 3 nations on Earth have semiconductor foundries. Taiwan and South Korea.

You have to have trade with at least one of them, or you don't get to produce modern technology. And Taiwan produces the most semiconductors between the 2 of them.

Canada's can still produce maple syrup, psychotic geese, and crappy whiskey without this partnership though.

Taiwan, South, and Korea?

We were told there would be no math.

here to help: Welp... that, to those not familiar with Canuckerland politics, would be a massive political football filled with bees that spit dogs out of their mouths.

Let's see how(ei?) this plays out.

Well, I'm going to go on how I was raised and assume that it applies equally to all Canadians:

China's bad, but we like the cheap electronics and until it made our homes too expensive, loved the real estate speculation.

Taiwan's good, and we pretty much are ignorant of the politics which make it a bit less black-and-white.

Beyond that... We're Canada.  We don't have the economy to hurt China, and neither of us can assault the other militarily.  Mostly it's occasional political posturing because that's the limit of our capabilities.

They're China, and have apparently no understanding that Canada will act on principles and according to the law and not blunt political blackmail.

I think that covers it.

Halfabee64: Alphax: SMB2811: There are 2 hard problems in computer science ...

'There are 10 kinds of people in the world.  Those who understand binary, and those who do not.'

A Hex on yo011101H01

Hex is 0-9,A-F.   There is no 'H'.