How will the American Tariffs affect the Hobby?

[EagerBeaver]

Yep. That's sad. American people will come here to fs our ladies because it's so cheap for them; while many of us can no longer afford this hobby.

It's sad for you, but not for us. For me Montreal was always sort of a big candy store and not just from the standpoint of escorts and SCs, but other forms of entertainment. I paid way less for a ticket to see the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal than I did to see the Rangers in NYC; same quality seats were half the cost in Montreal as compared to NYC. It is what it is. And I am pretty sure the dollar will remain powerful while Trump is President and the spending power abroad will continue.

You can always get a better paying job in the USA, become American and live the same way. But that is your choice.

 

[whenxx7]

You can always get a better paying job in the USA, become American and live the same way. But that is your choice.

It is not true for everyone. I personally don't like USA that much. I can live in any places in Canada, but not in US, especially when getting older and older.

 

[CaptRenault]

How will the American tariffs affect the hobby?

There will be many job losses within a few short weeks because of the tariffs, will yours be one of them?

Will the tariffs ultimately affect the cost of hobbying?

Will the price of hobbying, increase or decrease?

Are the SPs ready to deal with the aftermath of the tariffs and how it will affect their bottom line?

Tariffs will not directly affect the market for sex workers in Canada. Sex workers sell their services in Canada and they are priced in Canadian dollars. There are no tariffs or sales taxes applied to those transactions. However, there might be a couple indirect effects. The tariffs could hurt the Canadian economy and cause further depreciation in the Canadian dollar. That won't matter to Canadians unless their jobs are somehow impacted by the tariffs. They will continue to earn money in Canadian dollars and buy the serices of Canadian sex workers priced in Canadian dollars.

However, if the Canadian dollar does depreciate, then American visitors might benefit from lower prices because they will exchange their U.S. dollars for Canadian dollars and thus effectively pay less. The Canadian dollar has fluctuated a lot against the U.S. dollar over recent decades. It is currently somewhat weak (about .75) but it has been even lower in the past (.65). On the other hand, the tariffs could also have a negative impact on some Americans, especially if their jobs depend on foreign trade. So if an American loses his job because the tariffs negatively impact his industry, then the fact that escort prices have dropped a little in Canada, won't matter. But if the demand for escort services among Canadian customers goes down, then it could be made up by increased demand from American customers, at least those who don't lose their jobs because of a trade war.

Tariffs and trade wars are not good for any country. It's always better for countries to maintain a trade regime of complete openness with no tariffs or special protections, though almost no country actually does this, the U.S. and Canada included.

In 1962, Milton Friedman Made the Case for Unilateral Free Trade as the Best and Fastest Path to Economic Prosperity

In 1962, Milton Friedman made the case of unilateral trade in his classic book Capitalism and Freedom, regardless of what our trading partners do.

www.aei.org

 

[CLOUD 500]

A lot of you forget about Trudeau's carbon tax which is going up again in April. Trump's tariffs is a double whamming, but Trudeau should do the right thing and remove the carbon tax. That will make the economy better for all not just the rich.

 

[MtlGuyNow]

We don’t agree on much as far as politics, except it’s obvious that Trump’s fentanyl gripe with Canada is bullshit.