Maybe it goes without saying, but a lot of the stuff Donald Trump says about Canada and Canadian-American trade is a load of cobblers. But if there's one thing that really gets my goat, it's his claim that America doesn't need Canadian goods. It doesn't need our oil, it doesn't need our cars, it doesn't need our lumber, etc, etc. "We don't need anything they have", he says, repeatedly.
If that were true, then why do American companies import $421 billion of good from Canada every year (2024 figure). The top few categories are: fuel, oil and derivatives; vehicles and auto parts; machinery, nuclear reactors and boilers; unspecified commodities; plastics; wood and wood products; aluminum; electrical equipment; aircraft and spacecraft(!); etc.
America could try doing without us, and that is Trump's stated goal, but it would be very tough.
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