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by 8note 19 days ago
no the trade deficit is the US buying canadian oil at a deep discount.

canada buys US products and services to a large trade deficit where canadians get stuff in exchange for dollars.

its just oil that the americans are really buying from canada

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True enough; but they want to make it about Canadian Dairy, Softwood Lumber, Steel, Aluminum and so on.