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Canada to curb reliance on US despite Trump team’s crushing midterm loss, minister says

Canada to curb reliance on US despite Trump team’s crushing midterm loss, minister says
South China Morning Post Wednesday 04 November 2026, 21:10 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read
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Canada’s push to reduce economic dependence on the US will not change after President Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered a crushing midterm election defeat, an official said on Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has maintained that trade with the US, a cornerstone of the Canadian economy, will not return to a pre-Trump normal and that his country must urgently diversify its trading relationships. US Democratic Party leaders have been critical of Trump’s trade war with Canada...

Canada’s push to reduce economic dependence on the US will not change after President Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered a crushing midterm election defeat, an official said on Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has maintained that trade with the US, a cornerstone of the Canadian economy, will not return to a pre-Trump normal and that his country must urgently diversify its trading relationships. US Democratic Party leaders have been critical of Trump’s trade war with Canada...
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