US President Donald Trump says his country does not need to import Canadian oil, gas, autos or lumber. … Canada has been very tough to deal with over the years,” he told the World Economic Forum in Davos. “We don’t need them to make our cars. We don’t need their lumber because we have our own forests,” he continued. “We don’t need their oil and gas.” …If the United States were to wean itself off of Canadian exports, it would upend the established trade relationship between the two countries. For example, Canada supplies the lion’s share of the United States’ crude oil imports – more than the rest of the world combined. …Also in 2022, Canada’s total forestry exports were valued at $45.6 billion, with the majority destined for the United States. …Trudeau said Canada is “ready to respond in a strong way, but in a way that will be stepping up, gradually.”
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