@author_matthewflagler: Canada says it wants to depend less on the United States. And apparently, it’s already happening. 🇨🇦 In 2024, almost 76% of Canada’s merchandise exports went to the U.S. One year later, that had fallen below 72%, while exports to the rest of the world jumped more than 17%. Amazing! Except…there’s a rather large golden asterisk attached to those numbers. 😂 Nearly 44% of the increase in Canada’s non-U.S. merchandise exports came from gold. And most Canadian exporters whose U.S. sales weakened didn’t simply replace those customers somewhere else. Turns out “JUST SELL IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!” is considerably easier to say than actually do. Canada has spent generations building pipelines, railways, factories, electrical connections, transportation networks and supply chains around the enormous economy directly to our south. Changing that won’t happen because somebody signs a trade agreement or points at Europe on a map. So what would genuine diversification actually require? And more importantly: what would it mean for Canadian workers, businesses, communities and consumers — and who pays for it? This is the beginning of a new series exploring what reducing Canada’s economic dependence on the United States would actually look like. Not ending our relationship with our largest trading partner. Making sure a relationship doesn’t become a dependency. #canada #usa #america #tradewar

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Monday 05 October 2026 14:27:12 GMT