Is Trump Right About Trade With Canada? It Depends Who You Ask
- Canadian statistics show 36 years of trade surpluses with U.S.
- American data show opposite amid another boastful Trump tweet
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The debate whether the U.S. runs a trade deficit with Canada has surfaced once again.
President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that America does indeed have a deficit with its northern neighbor. Trump’s tweet followed a Washington Post report that he acknowledged at a fundraiser he didn’t know whether the assertion was true when he made the claim to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.