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Canada is America's #1 trading partner. Not China. Canada.

dataweb.usitc.gov — The complete list here: U.S. Trade Balance, by Partner Country 2006 in descending order of trade turnover (imports plus exports)

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  • NoobieDoobieDo, on 10/10/2007, -54/+18Whatever - I've never picked up something and saw "Made in Canada" on the bottom.
    • Konstantino, on 10/10/2007, -10/+7Everything says "Made in China" because everything is produced/manufactured in China. That doesn't stop those products from being traded anywhere else.
      • ShrimpCrackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3On the other-hand, China is still the #1 source of Trade Deficit, with 235 billion dollars going their way, almost a 5th of which goes into arming their military.

        Where as the much smaller trade deficit with Canada is a result of much-needed oil and other natural resources (Canada is by far the #1 source of oil for the USA).

        Another benefit is that the 100 billion trade deficit with Canada doesn't end up in a giant military budget overseen by a Chinese Defense Minister that has said, "War with the United States is a matter of when not if".
        • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, the problem isn't the trade, it's the deficit. Trade good, trade deficit bad.
    • Richdiet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Yeah, 'cause you made the fundamental attribution error - just because you can quickly think of lots of examples of things made in China that you've seen doesn't mean that China is our largest trading partner.
    • Error601, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50Try picking up your car.
      • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -17/+3My car was made in Alabama.
        • shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Your mom was made in alabama.
        • joemofo214, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1whoever thought that joke was funny is from utah
    • cmilki, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30Ever heard of a little thing called Uranium. Where do you think America gets it uranium supplies from?
      • ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28God?
      • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4A very large super-nova billions of years ago.
        • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5We have a massive trade imbalance with prehistoric supernovas. If they call in their loans, our entire solar system will be gone.
      • fergl, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Yeah, uranium is just *flying* off the shelves at Wal-mart and Costco.
        • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I used to buy their Betty Crocker cake mix, until it made my hair fall out.

          Hmmm. Yellowcake.
      • danarama, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1we gotz lotz of zee oil too !!!!
    • AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36Items that come from Canada are the types less likely to have "made in" labels. Diamonds, for instance, don't have country-of-origin labels. Small pieces of cheap Chinese crap, on the other hand, do,
      • Cam_86, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Actually, canadian diamonds ARE stamped, to prove they are not from africa. If you have a jewlers monocle, you can see a small polar bear etched on the ridge.
        • Rawler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4IF you have a jeweler's monocle.
        • fergl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I thought all diamonds had ID tags.
        • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Dude, keep that ***** quiet. I don't want my fiancee finding out that I could have bought a diamond, without a bunch of Africans dying. It was a great excuse to not have to get one.

          "How about I just get an african mine worker and you can torture him yourself?"
    • ShinRaTDR, on 10/10/2007, -20/+3Your using your computer right?
    • Captainbird, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30We don't typically print that on food or technology.
    • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -30/+6Looks like our northern Mexico trades more with us than I thought.
      • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1And it ain't coffee...
      • faithfreedom, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Northern Mexico, eh ? With the devaluation of dollar, we are just as rich as our southern slump called US
        • lordtyros, on 10/10/2007, -11/+3Y'all better watch yourselves before you get invaded. *****, we wouldn't even have to bring the army back from Iraq. Texas could take over Canada by itself. No national guard, just the regular gun nuts.
        • McBradd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5That's a long road trip... good thing Texas has drive through liquor stores!
    • fpp2002, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30Hard to put a stamp on raw materials.
      • bean, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Exactly. Start with oil. Work back from there.
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's odd, and completely the opposite of what I remember being discussed as "first world" and "third world" economies in high school. Third world economies exported raw materials and imported finished goods. First world economies imported raw materials and exported finished goods.
    • Lordy1952, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1if u think about it....who does Canada trade with?..it is easier to get product in to Canada then the United States

      also look at the Merchandise Trade Balance!!!
    • shoover, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Check what is inside your gas tank. Yea, Canada is the US's largest source of oil as well.
    • ohgr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5I have. I'm not sure what it was, but I know there was a made in Canada label on the back.

      We < 3 Canada
    • raginglemon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6that's about as ignorant a comment as you can get... really shows how much you know about what goes on between the Canada and US.
    • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8That is completely beside the point. The real point is not that we trade with Canada more than China, but that the imbalance of trade with China larger! As a matter of fact, the overall trade imbalance is HUGE! There is no way that this is sustainable. One way or the other we are consuming more than we are producing. That can make us weak in the face of geopolitical instability.

    • Light11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7wood, oil, fish, cattle, fresh water, weed.

      lots of *****
      • danarama, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1yeah unfortunatly about the wood and water.
    • need4speed, on 10/10/2007, -14/+2and mad cow disease.
    • j0c1f3r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2lol.....like you read....
  • MarkDykeman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+114Canada has been the top US trading partner for many years. The links between the two countries are stronger than some people realise.
    • Captainbird, on 10/10/2007, -11/+5And getting stronger--in spite of our protests and getting tear-gassed!

      http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/070820/n082051A.html
      • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -9/+6The SPP -- known among conspiracy types as the North American Union-- will be the beginning of the end of what makes Canada such a superior country. Making deals with the devil.
    • thebaron2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20It isn't which country totals the most $$$ though - it's the BALANCE that makes a difference, and our deficit with China is twice that of Canada. The largest on the list by far.
      • GeneralFault, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5How has this point been completely missed by most posters here? The order of this list is really meaningless. It's the bottom line that matters most. It's in the bottom line that China is handing our future to us.
      • thingylab, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Nope.
        What actually matters is the *global* trade balance. Bilateral trade balance is economically irrelevant.
        No one pointed that bilateral deficit with China is only about 25% of overall trade deficit.

        Once again, read an econ 101, and stop bashing China as a hobby.
    • dranire, on 10/10/2007, -32/+0Canada sucks, buried.
    • XopherMV, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Comparing dollar amounts for each country is deceptive. Chinese workers are paid ridiculously low compared to Canadian workers and so their products are also ridiculously cheaper. Even though we're paying more for goods from Canada, we're probably getting more stuff from China.
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3China will beat out Canada by 2008.
      • neoform, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You think Canada's market is standing still while china's is moving?
        • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4No.. but China is expanding much quicker.
      • JnOrris, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I bet ya $5 (or $4.75 american) that it doesn't
    • Crim, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Upvote for correctly spelling "realise" and getting away with it. In Canada we speak English, not American.
      • rassoodock, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1That's nice. Maybe once you have been a free country for more than 25 years and are not ruled by some weird British constitutional monarchy, you'll get your own form of English.
        • rpgguy1o1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Americans also have their own variation of the word "free" apparently
          • rassoodock, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Hey, Canada has only been "officially" out from under British rule for 25 years now. I'm not making this stuff up. You can prop up the niceties of proper British English all you want, but remember those bastards had the largest imperialist empire in history. Our so-called "fascist" leaders in the US can only dream about some of the stuff they got away with.
          • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Key word is "had". Now the US has the largest imperialist empire (isn't that redundant?)
      • octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1None of the differences between the dialects are superior. Just be grateful we live in the modern age of mass produced books - at least we can be largely consistent across our nations.
    • Zippo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2considering we share the world's largest, unprotected border, and we're both 1st-world developed nations, this is a no brainer... there's over 1 billion in trade going over the border every day, if I remember correctly.
      I've read that most products that are "made in the USA" are made from Canadian materials shipped over the border to American factories.
    • xcodex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Go USA & Canada!
    • CptBuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually, in terms of the amount of actual "trade" going on, mexico is bigger than china too. What the title of the article should say is "Canada is #1 exporter to the United States."
      • westcoasting, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0How did you calculate that?

        $303 Billion for Canada for imports and $198 Billion for exports.

        $197 Billion for Mexico for imports and $114 Billion for exports.

        Math is not hard...
  • MikeonTV, on 10/10/2007, -19/+91Where do you think the US gets their ice from?
    • ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17My Mom's fridge?
      • neuropsychguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Is that like an opposite "Yo momma" joke? My momma...
    • lkms, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Alaska?
    • Somnabot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Walmart?
    • DruSam, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Walmart get's their ice from ChromaVita's Mom's Fridge in Alaska.
    • joshuagor44, on 10/10/2007, -8/+0Question mark?
    • da_bradler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Not to mention your Oil, Canada is the US's number one supplier of Oil(not some middle eastern country)
      • jdibiase, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Actually, Canada is the US's 2nd largest supplier of oil ... Saudi Arabia is 1st, Venezuela is 3rd
        • JeffD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Nope, Saudi Arabia is second and Canada is first. Try looking up the stats before you falsly correct someone.

          http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

          --------------------
          Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
          (Thousand Barrels per Day)
          Country Jun-07 May-07 YTD 2007 Jun-06 Jan - June 2006

          CANADA 1,852 1,821 1,843 1,799 1,763
          SAUDI ARABIA 1,501 1,574 1,419 1,427 1,423
          MEXICO 1,392 1,461 1,456 1,734 1,679
          VENEZUELA 1,098 1,232 1,103 1,008 1,156
          NIGERIA 893 882 1,021 996 1,111
          • jdibiase, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I did look it up, but apparently got some old data from the source I was using. Damn internets!
    • crazydudex, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4You do realize canada isn't all ice? we don't live in igloos either.
      • jugger74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I do live in an igloo.
        • EvilHeadBoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I live in an igloo too, and we ride polar bears to work, but in our free time, we search the streets for caribou. sounds like fun
        • jugger74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hey it's EvilHeadBoy how aboot comin over tonight and playin some hockey in the backyard rink eh?
      • danarama, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1actually several of us do.
    • tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3God?
    • psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ice? WTF is that?

      /South Florida Resident.
      It was like 3874328947832 degrees outside today.
    • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Seriously, though, I live in western NY, and at work, we get dry ice trucked in from Canada. It doesn't make much sense to me, but it doesn't make it any less true.
  • kenvsryu, on 10/10/2007, -5/+67The McGriddle has brought up demand for maple syrup higher than ethanol.
    • cdmarcus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You think that thing actually has real maple syrup?
  • RuffRidr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+118Keep that Canadian beer and whiskey flowing down here guys. You guys rock when it comes to alcohol.
    • cmilki, on 10/10/2007, -8/+16Ya and they can get drunk (legally) as soon as they're 18 in most provinces!
      • tfrans, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29This is false, most provinces are 19, however, it is 18 in Alberta and Quebec.
        • macbookpromat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3And thank god I live in Quebec, my liver loves it here!
        • frsrblch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cheers to Alberta!
      • tfrans, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15I forgot to include Manitoba as well.
      • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Canada invented the fold-away beer carton carrier . ..just sayin!
      • CroqueMitaine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0And in most places in these provinces the legal drinking age is really more of a suggestion than anything else
    • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -17/+2No, they don't. I like Labatt and all, but it's not that great. For getting drunk, I prefer the tasteless goodness of a Michelob Ultra and when drinking for taste I enjoy a nice Sam Adams or a microbrew.

      I love Canada, but do they even have anything on the level of Sam Adams? All I see down here is ***** like Molsen and Labatt.
      • TheGrunt, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2Good whiskey, yes, good beer, hell no. Canada sucks at beer. Hell, the U.S. has better beer than them.
        • Captainbird, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17You forgot your sarcasm tag. Plus, our weed is better.
          • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2You got us there... the only way I know to get good weed in the USA is to either pay a ridiculous amount for it, grow it yourself, or know someone who grows it.

            /hasn't smoked in years
        • macbookpromat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7In Canada your American beer is our light beer.
        • CroqueMitaine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Amen to that
      • Scruffydan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Labatt and Molson are the Canadian equivalents to Bud and Miller

        Try our Microbreweries. My favourite is the Granville island brewery, but that may be tough to find so try Sleeman's, and Alexander Keith's.
      • zigspective, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Try Moosehead, Steamwhistle, Amsterdam, and I personally like Waterloo Dark as well.
      • JnOrris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Who cares... it all sucks compared to European beer. I'll take Canadian beer anyday over the slightly alcoholic water and piss mixture americans call beer. At least Canadian beer has more alcohol..
      • max420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Belgium produces the best beers by far, and I am Canadian. The OP is right, the ***** around here sucks. Duvel, Westemalle,Orval, Chimay, all of these are great... go Belgium.
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Try anything made by Unibroue. La Fin du Monde is a good place to start.
        • CroqueMitaine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Yes Unibroue has the best beer period.
          And if ever you are visiting Quebec city there is a corner store in ste-foy that has over 700 types of beer (ask the locals they all know where it is).... i felt like a kid in a candy store
    • 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Funny, because most of the major brewery beer up here is *****. Get yourself some Steamwhistle, or better yet, an Amsterdam Frambrois (both are micro-brewed in Toronto).
      • jugger74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Ya but compared to yankee beer any of our ***** is gold.
    • dranire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Crown Royal is the *****.
    • angers, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4sleeman is in ontario, canada
      • MikeCampo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yup, in the good ol city of Guelph, where not much happens except killing your liver.
    • jimmiss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Thank you, thank you very much. I live only a one hundred kilometers from molson brewery!
    • neoform, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Keep that sourthern comfort headed north and we've got a deal. ;)
  • Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -3/+66Thats because we don't export ***** to China, its a one way street, whereas Canada and the US have a 2 way trading situation.
    • pedrovoltaire, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3we export green papers to China.
    • cmilki, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8If you read the article, you'd have noticed that Canada beats China in imports (for consumption of course).
      • faston, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yes. Which means that not only is Canada the US's largest trading partner but it's GOOD trade. The buying kind, not the selling kind.
      • thingylab, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Can you explain what "good" trade is ?
        • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, good trade is "trade", as in the other definition - both partners are exchanging goods. Bad trade is when the stuff only goes in one direction.
    • Frosty122, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0we do export to china moron......

      In terms of U.S. goods imports in 2004, China was second, at $196.7 billion, accounting for 13.4 percent of all U.S. imports. In terms of U.S. goods exports, China was fifth, at $34.7 billion, behind only Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United Kingdom and ahead of Germany.....In 2004, U.S. exports to China went up 22.4

      http://digg.com/business_finance/Canada_is_America_s_1_trading_partner_Not_China_Canada

      way to check your facts......



    • pedrovoltaire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0uuummm... minus 7 diggs? bunch of retards on digg.
  • aknowles5139, on 10/10/2007, -5/+74Ill bring you beer if you bring me an iPhone.
    • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -18/+3Keep your beer. Sam Adams is the best mass marketed beer I've ever had.
      • jerrolds, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14Businessman: I'll have a Samuel Jackson.
        Samuel Jackson: [shouts] Good ***** choice, *****! Samuel Jackson! Made painstakingly by me, Samuel L. Jackson! It'll get ya drunk! You'll be ***** fat girls in no time! You might even fight a ***** or two! Mmmm-mmm, bitch!
    • IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Sure, no problem. I'll bring you an iPhone. But, good luck making it be able to call anyone...
    • CraigJ, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2I'll send you an iPhone for a small fee as long as you are OK with a US phone number and paying roaming for data... I have a friend in Toronto and he has one with a California #. He says it works great and he loves it, he just doesn't use the edge data...
    • kaplanfx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1IMHO Oregon is turning out the best beers in North America. California makes some great bears too. Don't get me wrong, there are quite a few Canadian beers that I think are very good, but nothing beats the stuff from good ol' OR.

      -kap
  • Nodaki, on 10/10/2007, -19/+2The only thing that I know that I have bought in the last three years from a Canuck company was an ATI card. Although I doubt it was manufactured or assembled in Canada.
    • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7That is the only thing of which you are AWARE.
      • Nodaki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That was my point...yay for getting dugg down by angry Canukies.
    • shoover, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Oh, so you don't use fuel?
      • kindassassin96, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2no he asks for Saudi Arabian petroleum at the gas station
    • bbtrev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I think that the gas in your car comes from Alberta's Oil sands and the wood in your house comes from the forests of British Columbia. Oh, and the power that you are using to run your computer right now, that's a Canadian export too.
  • Ovrthtp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16yes it was actually, and if you bought any sort of soft wood, gold, diamonds, oil or grass and if they are of high quality than odds are there manufactured in the great white north.
    • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5And not, coincidently, stamped "made in Canada"...
    • octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Balsa wood? What other types of soft wood do you have up there?
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2That right, eh?
  • mistahroth, on 10/10/2007, -28/+33Canadians have always known this... American's are just the clueless ones lol
    • cmilki, on 10/10/2007, -8/+23* Americans
    • McLumpy, on 10/10/2007, -12/+20Yeah, no *****. American's are such morans.
    • jcm267, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12I've known this for quite some time, and I'm American.
    • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3I'm going to look it up on the Internets to make sure.
    • shoover, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Ha. Lots of Canadians act like they have no clue that the US is our biggest trading partner.
      • jugger74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I don't know what Canadians you associate with but you should probably find a brighter crowd. I don't any Canadians that don't know this. It is kind of like sleeping in the same bed as an elephant.
  • Azimuth1, on 10/10/2007, -20/+3What do you want, a medal?
    • jaehood, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3we'd rather a medal than the metal our soldiers are taking in the ass cause of your dumbass ***** war on terror and the fight to "secure" afghanistan
  • westcoasting, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Approximately $1 Billion a day...
  • novakane, on 10/10/2007, -1/+83One word. OIL
    Canada is the #1 supplier of OIL to the US.
  • BluesFan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+59I see our Canadian dollar almost on par with the American dollar but i still don't understand why we still pay 20% more for the same products like cars and such?And then when we want to import from the U.S the Canadian government tells us that we can't do that.......I thought we had a free trade agreement?

    Sorry I got a little off topic but it still makes me angry!
    • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6That agreement makes Canada very weak. Check out this site.

      http://policyalternatives.ca/Editorials/2006/10/Editorial1452/index.cfm?pa=b56f3a15
    • Jo9100, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6*posted by a canadian , and me too, paying 50-75% for cars and such infuriates me
    • catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Taxes.
    • tomesnyder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3That's to make up for the fact that you get cheaper prescriptions which we can't import from Canada.
    • j0c1f3r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3ummmmm....its not like george W honours NAFTA.......ummmm....softwood rape.....***** asshat
    • Bhatch514, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Importing American cars to canada has no tax, any car made in the USA even the Camery does not carry the 6% import tax. All good made in the USA are tax free for Canadian import.....most goods tho are made in China
  • AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -15/+8I love Canada!

    See, Canada imported this guy from Ukraine, and then he ended up in the US last summer, and now he's my boyfriend.
    • jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4watch out for Russians
    • blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Either you are gay... or lying... There are no females on digg...
    • need4speed, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1russian got mail order groom ?!?!
    • omarciddo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I had no idea boyfriends were included in the trade figures.
    • Sell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is the 3rd time I have read a post in which you mention your boyfriend. It's a little immature. I've read many of your posts so I wouldn't say that you are immature, just in this arena i suppose. Is your boyfriend a Scientologist too?
  • BluesFan, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1well I guess that's a little better than a mail order husband.
  • TheFlood16, on 10/10/2007, -13/+5I know I'll get buried, but is this news? I learned this in my econ class a few semesters ago and didn't think twice about it...
    • Captainbird, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6No--but there's some cute kitten links you can click on instead
    • colouredlights, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1You seem to be a smart guy digg this up
    • Takalth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It isn't "news" in the sense of a recent event, but it was probably unknown to many people before now, especially with all of the china controversy going on.
  • obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5We have a trade deficit with Canada. Not as massive as the one with China, of course. Our best trading partner, according to this list, would be the Netherlands. That's the largest trade surplus.
    • captainchris, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1and just wait until weed is legal and they start legally exporting dutch weed to these americas 8)
  • roseap, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12I think the point this chart makes is that almost all of the trade balances are mostly negative... we import WAY more than we export. This isn't sustainable.
    • jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3yes it is. From an income perspective it is balanced but from a GDP perspective it is unbalanced. We recieve lots of income from capital and businesses owned by American firms in other countries. It is theoretically sustainable to produces absolutely nothing and import everything as long as the income coming in from the ownership of foreign firms balances it out.
      • Captainbird, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9For Canada, it is not sustainable. Because of NAFTA, if we have an energy shortage, the west must continue to export to the US at the same current rate--even if the East is falling into the dark ages. Our leaders have screwed us, and Harper is busy in Quebec today, screwing us a little more.

        http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/070820/n082051A.html
        • miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Who is digging Captain down? Better yet--for what reason? Can't make a reply?
        • Yokwe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No worries Capt'n your government does not have a monopoly on bad deals :) We certainly have some of our own
    • bdbr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If trade surplus was an indicator of economic health, Brazil would be one of the best economies in the world.
    • jugger74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It used to be sustainable when America had a large manufacturing and agriculture base that accounted for large chunks of internal trade. Remember "look for the made in America tag" or "look for the union tag" slogans. Whatever happen to them? Then you really need to ask yourself why the government doesn't push these things anymore and you will be on the road to waking up.
  • jbcdccollege, on 10/10/2007, -26/+3Canadians are among the stupidest people in the world
    M. Labovitch
  • jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2no $hit, people only complain about trade balances not total amount of trade
  • codyodell, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25Those quiet bastards.
  • SwissCamel, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I guess you guys must be buying a lot of wood?
  • Calamier, on 10/10/2007, -14/+1@ MarkDykeman 9 hours ago
    Canada has been the top US trading partner for many years. The links between the two countries are stronger than some people realise.

    Yea - Like the link between a pimp and his ho.
  • CacophonyKid, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3How is this big news?
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Apparently the submitter assumes we're all morons.
  • gllopc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10Wait. You're saying it's Canada?
  • chubbybubba, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4Can You take your comedians back please!
    • shoover, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Russel Peters rocks!

      We do however, aplogize for Celine Dion, while secretly being glad she lives in the US...
      • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Celine Dion.. weapon of mass agony.
  • Drax0n, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16To everyone who says they dont buy products made in Canada, a large chuck of the northern states get electricity from Canada, Canadian wheat, lumber and oil are big exports to the US as well. So where china provides all the cheap plastic crap you find at wall mart, the imports from Canada are not visible but far more vital

    Canadi
    • westcoasting, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0"the Aussies for nuclear power and nuke powered desalinization.. " ?

      Well even if you could export electricity 10,000 miles across an ocean, Australia has no nuclear power industry. Nice fiction.

  • CaptainEO, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2Aww, poor Ant Land. They try so hard!
  • f1055man, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4This is partly inaccurate. Generally speaking, trade balance = exports-imports, not exports + imports. 2006 will also be the last year imports from Canada are greater than imports from China. A couple weeks ago I looked at the monthly data and China passed Canada in (IIRC) September of last year in monthly exports to the United States, so we'll be getting the opposite digg headline at the end of this year.
  • Riotblade, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Duh, Canada imports goods from China and then exports them to the US
  • Timetheos, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Rush is a band dammit!
  • JonFugeEveryone, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2The graph can't be right. The numbers are off by a factor of 1000. Buried as inaccurate. $303Trillion>world GDP
    • thatbirdguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Uh... 303,000 Million is 303 Billion. Not trillion.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I think we all assumed that zero's were left out. I know I did. But did you get the actual point of the article, and if so, what would your opinion be?
    • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg up because you are so stupid it's funny.
  • sunshinemonster, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1Well, yeah, we get most of our oil from Canada. Also, while we are at it, most illegal and legal immigrants come from Canada, not Mexico.
    • waddling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And the largest number of Canadian immigrants come from the US
      • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Maybe Canada will be thinking of building a giant 700 mile fence in 20 years...
      • jpohl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you mean a 7000 kilometer fence?
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You wrote "most illegal and legal immigrants come from Canada, not Mexico". Is that acurate?

      I would be suprised if it was. But then I am from southern Calif, and temporarily, Dallas. And also, Anglo Saxon/whites will soon be a minority in the US and Hispanics (an equally broad term) will become the majority. Of course Hispanics tend to have larger families at younger ages so that's a factor, but I'd like to see the stats on the Canadians.
      • westcoasting, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It's fiction. Canada is not even close to Mexico for either. Even China is double.
  • tank_47, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4Title should have been "Canada is UNITED STATES'S #1...", because Canada is part of America.
    • thechick3n, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah NORTH America.
    • Jexie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2At the rate you're going the US is going to be a province of China in a few years, whats your point?
  • worksucks79, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5bc bud
    British Columbia Marijuana
    which probably isn't on the list, yet, lol.
    • need4speed, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1and yet it's the biggest import/export business in canada. this is why canada is america's no.1 trading partner.
  • unclefire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Most of what we get (value wise) is likely in the form of raw materials-- oil, uranium, etc. etc. Alot of big ticket items too-- cars, construction equipment. And then of course there's the great beer and hockey stuff from Canada. Oh, Canada we stand on guard for thee....

    What's most troubling about all that data is all the negative amounts in the far right column. How can we possibly go on for years on end with such high trade deficits? Something is missing from the equation-- And think at least one is intellectual capital which I don't think gets a $$ figure attached to it. I think the US Exports ALOT of Intel Capital that doesn't get accounted for.

    Lastly, we probably have to also take into account the cost of goods. China produces stuff awefully cheap-- so the NUMBER of things coming over is bound to be greater. Whereas Canada has a cost of goods closer to the US's. So that would indicate fewer number of goods. Couple that with the types of goods (natural resources) and its easy to see how the Made IN Canada thing does't seem as pervasive as one might think.
    • dagamer34, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1While the list may say we import large amounts of products from China, the thing is that those products are manufactured by American companies to be sold to the American consumer. When you trace back where the corporate money comes from, most of it is from the US anyhow.

      Besides, with the US being the largest consumer in the worth + most amoutn of wealth, it's not like China will just stop selling us things. American companies OWN China's massive labor muscle. There aren't other countries that will buy in massive amounts like in the US. It's the classic love-hate relationship.
  • crunchyeyeball, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1FWIW, taking the EU as a whole actually outweighs Canada. Most trade negotiations are done at the EU level rather than through the individual states. Very interesting list nonetheless.
  • huskerdude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I for one am concerned about the growing Comedy Deficit between our two great nations. I'm calling for embargoes on Corner Gas and a ban on all Colin Mochrie-related projects.
    • EdgarVerona, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4With all their beady little eyes, their flapping heads so full of lies!

      Blame Canada! Shame on Canada!
  • sjrberg, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Thank you Captain Obvious, I NEVER would have figured out that we should have *more* trade with our neighbor to the north that shares a similar country and has fewer trade barriers than with a country halfway across the world. That would just make too much sense!
  • crunchyeyeball, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Does anyone know why Cuba has a non-zero amount? I thought there was a complete trade embargo in place. Gitmo maybe?
    • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I actually want to know this too, so... stop digging him down?
    • goldcityguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yeah...because big corporations sell a lot of our home grown stuff to them. For example? Chicken and rice...and that's just from Arkansas We all know Castro and his regime were ruled against in federal court for human rights abuses and that millions of dollars for the plaintiffs, but since we have no jurisdiction over Castro, we couldn't force him to pay. Best part? The money Cuba pays for the goods we sell them ($350 Million in 2006 alone) is solely for the big corporations and not the victims or their families.
    • IEatHamburgers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sure there's an embargo in place with Cuba. Thank god for Canadian duty-free shops and hiding things under the seat!
    • aralha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Those are agricultural and medical exports. Cuba must paid for in cash before the goods leave U.S. ports.
  • JasonCox, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1Hooray for America's backyard!!!
    (or America's hat as the series of tubes says)
  • CELTIC212, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Bacon!!!
  • chriswheat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Wait, why is the Domestic Export amount to Iraq only $1.5 billion? Shouldn't it be $453 billion?
    • korvan504521, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1it only counts goods, not cash. which is why its an incomplete picture of the actual economic situation.

      it doesn't include the effects of american investment overseas. so if i own a factory in china, and it sells to the US thats listed on the imprted from china column, but all the proffit goes to me living in the states and doesn't show up.
  • maybeinoregon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5If you are worried about blood diamonds and still want to purchase a diamond - you can ask for a 'Canadian' diamond - many stores are even starting to market these diamonds separately - FYI
    • blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Extra Bonus: It costs twice as much!
    • korvan504521, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3or you could just not buy a diamond that has no intrinsic value and is only desired because of mass marketing campaigns which have brainwashed women and men over the past 50 years.
      • octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Even the manufactured yellow diamonds cost a ridiculous amount of money. Other stones are nicer looking and cheaper. Most of the stones are cut poorly anyway - just look for edges that don't meet or facets that aren't shaped properly.
    • kurrent, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Canadian diamonds?? Aussi faux que les diamants Canadiens!
  • CannibalTom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Who been telling you it was China in the first place?
    • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah.. I don't understand what the purpose of this is. Of course Canada is our biggest trading partner, they're a developed nation that shares our land.. couldn't be easier to trade with. Mexico will probably become a larger partner some day.
    • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The intelligent economists have been citing and noting that China and the United States have the biggest inequality among all of the international relationships between the US and other nations. Laymen took that to mean that everything we bought came from China and that, consequently, the majority of our money was going to China. This article simply illustrated that China has the biggest trade deficit, but is second in trade to Canada.

      So if you've been moderately informed, this article is probably pointless...
  • amoo3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1We're pulling that much stuff out of our hat?
  • waddling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Funny thing is that Canada is also Cuba's largest trading partner. Suck on that Helms-Burton
  • wingsfan800, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0the countries at the bottom...is that because someone is sending letters or something? and they count postage as import and export?
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