Trump says Trudeau left out lumber, energy while talking trade numbers

The Canadian Press in CBC News
December 10, 2017
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

U.S. President Donald Trump regaled a rally of supporters Friday night with a story about a disagreement with Canada’s prime minister, then sprinkled his tale with some questionable statistics about international trade. Trump told a partisan crowd in Florida that he and Justin Trudeau had a closed-door debate about trade balances. …”(Trudeau) said, ‘I’m telling you that Canada has a deficit with the United States.’ …He said his staff found Trudeau left out some key details, pertaining to trade in goods: “(Trudeau) was right. Except he forgot two categories: Lumber timber; and energy. Other than that, he was right. When you add them all together, we actually have a $17 billion deficit with Canada.” That’s not what his own government’s stats say.

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