The United States Declares Economic War on Canada

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Statistics are in. Canada’s trade to the US has dropped precipitously.

OTTAWA — Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Statistics Canada said Thursday the result, which followed a deficit of $2.3 billion in March, came as a plunge in exports to the U.S. more than offset a gain in shipments to other destinations around the world.

Katherine Judge, executive director and senior economist at CIBC Capital Markets, called the numbers “really bad.”

“Essentially trade has totally collapsed.”

Trade deficit hits record in April as 'trade has totally collapsed' amid tariffs

And in other news, a quarter of the Canadian population views the United States as an enemy country:

Almost a third of respondents said they view the U.S. as a “neutral country,” while 27 per cent said they consider it an “ally” and 26 per cent see it as an “enemy country.”

Just over a third of men said they consider the U.S. an ally, compared with one in five women. Almost 30 per cent of women said they view the U.S. as an enemy, compared with 22 per cent of men.

Older Canadians, those at least 55 years of age, were more likely to consider the U.S. an enemy than younger Canadians. Regionally Albertans were most likely to consider the U.S. an ally while Ontarians and British Columbians were most likely to see it as an enemy.

The difference is starkest between political party supporters, with 44 per cent of Conservative supporters saying they view the U.S. as an ally, compared with 17 per cent of Liberal supporters and 12 per cent of NDP supporters said the same.

Canadians divided on whether U.S. is an 'ally' or 'enemy' country: Poll