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See how Canada is shifting its trade beyond the U.S.

Strife with the U.S., including Trump's tariffs, has pushed Canada to find new trading partners. That could ultimately raise prices for U.S. businesses.

Today at 6:04 p.m. EDT

6 min

By

Luis Melgar

and

Rachel Lerman

Canada is aggressively courting new trading partners as relations with the United States grow increasingly tense, in a move that could deliver economic consequences for U.S. businesses and consumers.

Canada has an ambitious goal to double its exports to countries beyond the U.S. by 2035, a target that has become more urgent in the face of hefty new tariffs — from both sides — taking effect. President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent levies on a long list of Canadian products this summer and has needled Canadians by suggesting the country should become the 51st U.S. state.

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