Canada, pressured by Trump, wants new trade partners. Here’s why it’s hard.

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The country needs infrastructure and deals to expand exports beyond the United States.

August 27, 2026 at 12:04 p.m. EDTAugust 27, 2026

Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada's minister of finance, speaks in Ottawa on Tuesday. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press/AP)

For decades, Canadian governments both Conservative and Liberal sought greater economic integration with the United States, the world’s spendiest buyer of imports, including Canadian energy, machinery, lumber and wheat.


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