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Re:Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift... by 8note on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:04PM (#48302935)
no the trade deficit is the US buying canadian oil at a deep discount.

canada buys US products and services to a large trade deficit where canadians get stuff in exchange for dollars.

its just oil that the americans are really buying from canada

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Re:Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift... by dleslie on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:59PM (#48311858)
True enough; but they want to make it about Canadian Dairy, Softwood Lumber, Steel, Aluminum and so on.
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