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SatanBurger If I was Canada, I'd make deals with other countries and go the long dangerous route.
Funny you should suggest that, because this is precisely what our new Prime Minister Mark Carney is doing... he's taking Canada on the route never travelled before because no other Leader was motived to take the dangerous route.
For the past 160 years, Trade between Canada and the USA was seamless. There are about 6 border crossings between the east and west coasts of the USA and a steady stream of supplies and manufactured goods have gone back and forth across those borders 24/7 for the last 160 years, first by horse and wagon and more recently by truck!
What this means is that about 95% of all Trade that Canada did with foreign countries was primarily with the USA, leaving only 5% to overseas markets, most of which was sent by air.
Since Trump 2.0 however, 95% of all Trade from Canada is being set up to go overseas, leaving closer to just 2% destined to the USA over the next 4 years and beyond. When I say overseas, I mean Europe, India, South America and all Pacific Rim countries in the south Pacific.
Those markets were always there, but throwing stuff on a truck in Canada and guaranteeing overnight delivery to anywhere in the USA was a much easier way to conduct business for both Canada and the US, plus it was cheaper and more familiar to all concerned. Same language, same McDonald's menus. But not anymore.
As we speak, there is a massive shipping port being built in Hudson Bay which is straight north of Toronto. Prior to Trump, there was nothing up there but a fishing dock in that same location, but no tourism, no roads and no McDonald's. Here's a pic of Hudson Bay...
Freight trains will now be running from all points in Canada, converging onto the new shipping port in southern Hudson Bay called James Bay, where all that stuff will be loaded onto cargo ships and sent to Europe, South America and into the south Pacific.
If you look at the map, ships will load in James Bay, then sail straight north, then make a hard right where the water opens up where they'll enter the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, then sail straight east to Iceland, UK and Continental Europe.
As it stands now, there is a massive drive on in Canada supported by the Canadian government to 'Buy Canadian', which subliminally means (don't buy anything Made in the USA). Even Canadian grocery store shelves everywhere across Canada have got little red signs on every shelf to show customers what stuff is made in Canada and what stuff is made in the USA, particularly with fruit and vegetables.
Where this will become severely problematic for the USA will be with natural resources that are currently in the ground in Canada, but had been mined for years and sent south for American consumption, all of which was sold to the US at a very cheap price because there is SO much of everything you can ever imagine that's buried in the ground in Canada.
Those Canadian natural resources will still be available for sale, but not at the same price they'd previous been sold for by the ton! Additionally I've been reading, Canada's overseas markets will now have first priority on those natural resources, not the USA.
Probably for the first time in Canada's history as a Nation, it will be making money off selling it's natural resources (including crude oil) and not just chump-change they'd traditionally been receiving from the US markets.
Trump actually did Canada a favor by forcing Canadian politicians to get off their assss and diversify Canada's industrial base. Probably 20 years from now we'll thank old DJ Trump, but not just yet!
