• Canada's key resource against Trump's potential trade war

  • Jan 30 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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Canada's key resource against Trump's potential trade war

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  • Canadians have a key leverage point if President Trump makes good on his threat to impose 25% tariffs: oil. We talk to a business journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on why oil would be the "biggest arrow in the quiver" should Canada and the U.S. descend into a trade war — but only as a last resort.

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