{"id":38111,"date":"2018-09-22T06:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38111"},"modified":"2018-09-22T06:58:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T11:58:25","slug":"trumps-hand-picked-winners-and-losers-china-vs-canada-nafta-threats-and-pg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38111","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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As a single country, China is the US’s largest trading partner but Canada is the largest export partner.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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As Trump struggles to get a NAFTA deal going on account of Canada, the above chart puts things into perspective.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Canada is the US’s largest export partner. Moreover, when it comes to goods (as opposed to goods and services), the US consistently runs a trade surplus with Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The US has had a goods surplus with Canada every month since 1985. Nonetheless, Trump is incredibly annoyed at Canada and threatens to put tariffs on Canadian cars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here’s the broad picture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US Balance of Trade 2011-2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I created the above chart from downloads of these three Census Department files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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