The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border — what comes next?
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Tbird19482
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What are you talking about ASSHOLE?
It has been a fact for more then 70 years know of that the flags of the USA and Canada are on their OWN land not each others you fucking MORON.
More than 40% of Canadian manufacturers weighing move to U.S., KPMG poll finds
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The U.S. economy is roughly twelve times Canada’s. Bilateral goods-and-services trade was about $880 billion in 2025.
That is a large relationship, but it is a much bigger slice of Canada’s economy than of America’s.
Canada sends roughly 72–77% of its merchandise exports to the United States.
The U.S. sends a far smaller share of its total exports to Canada.
Exports to the U.S. are commonly cited as on the order of 15–20% of Canadian GDP in headline terms; value-added analyses put the truly exposed slice lower, but still material.
Any given tariff therefore hits a larger share of Canadian output and employment than of U.S. output.
So: all three point the same way. The binding constraint is economic scale plus a map that funnels Canada into the United States.
That is a large relationship, but it is a much bigger slice of Canada’s economy than of America’s.
Canada sends roughly 72–77% of its merchandise exports to the United States.
The U.S. sends a far smaller share of its total exports to Canada.
Exports to the U.S. are commonly cited as on the order of 15–20% of Canadian GDP in headline terms; value-added analyses put the truly exposed slice lower, but still material.
Any given tariff therefore hits a larger share of Canadian output and employment than of U.S. output.
- Economics is what decides a trade war. U.S. GDP is about twelve times Canada’s. The U.S. market absorbs most of what Canada sells. Canada cannot replace that demand. The U.S. can replace more of what it buys from Canada, even if some items (heavy crude, certain metals, some auto parts) are sticky and expensive to swap.
- Geography locks that in. Canada’s factories, pipelines, and rail lines were built to ship south. The shortest, cheapest route for oil, cars, lumber, and parts is the U.S. border. Oceans and other continents are farther and slower. The U.S. has other suppliers and two coasts. Canada’s alternatives are weaker and take years to build.
- Population matters only as market size and labor pool. 340 million vs. 41 million is why the U.S. market is the prize and why Canada cannot out-consume or out-produce its way out of a tariff fight.
So: all three point the same way. The binding constraint is economic scale plus a map that funnels Canada into the United States.
Yakuda
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Leftists are fucking idiots
Is there any other explanation for their political orientation?
Yakuda
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maybe but it always seems like pure idiocy that causes it.
I don't beleive that one exists.
Yakuda
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Ok. I have no burning desire to argue the point
I'm not asking anyone to argue the point. I doubt that anyone can.
Yakuda
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Im not going to argue the point, Im merely saying id like to hope human beings with brains could think. Ive just seen too little evidence of it from leftsists
Optimism in that regard tends to be extinguished by observation, in my experience.
Yakuda
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Just because something doesnt happen doesnt mean it cant.
Getting defensive is proof enough
Yakuda
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LMFAO thanks for admitting you have no proof. What a weak minded retard you are.
We = America, you denying Trump hates Canada and admires Russia?
You don't speak for entire nation, Anchovies.
I didn't say that "Trump hates Canada and admires Russia", Anchovies.
Poor Anchovies.
He's a leftist. Poor Anchovies.
I did, and tell us, does Trump hate Canada and admire Russia?