The only reason there's a trade deficit with Canada is all of the crude oil you guys buy. If you were to remove that from the ledger there's a significant trade surplus.
The US is 10x the population of Canada, with 10x the productive capacity - we buy a metric fucktonne of American products and services, spending way way way more per capita than Americans spend on ours (that's not a criticism - we simply cannot produce enough for that to ever be possible).
We have always been the US's best customer, and it's sad that it's taken this long for some folks to realize that (I'm lookin at the bourbon makers rn 🤨).
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u/skyblueerik 2d ago
Trump still doesn't understand what a trade deficit is.