How Canada could hit back to hurt the US economy and Trump

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News Source : BBC News

News Summary

  • About 70% of Canada's exported goods go to the US.
  • Canada is the top customer for 26 US states, including Maine, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney's planned Canadian retaliatory duties are strategic "dollar-for-dollar" countermeasures focused on steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, electronics, pulp and paper.
  • Polls suggest a majority of Canadians would be unhappy if Carney's government went in the other direction and made significant concessions to the u.s.
Timing and Canadian political will could also be a tool for negotiations.

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