US tariffs on Canada is a way of removing preference subsidies to Canada and boosting US industries.
Canada is more dependent on US than US is on Canada. TIme would show the clear picture but what we know for sure is US is more self sufficient than Canada. There might be some price increases in short term but in long term, US would be more economically powerful.
So in your eyes it does not actually care whether the United States and Canada had had a very healthy and constructive relation as neighbor nations? the only things with matters is to make the United States to grow no matter what? Not matter their allies feel betrayed and left alone against tyrants and other treats?
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By saying Canada is more reliant on US than US in Canada you are implicitly saying that the US has a degree of dependence in Canada. And that is actually the case.
The rational for the tariff war is "you will hurt me, but I will hurt you more". This is a loose loose, the worst outcome for all.
In 2024, Canada supplied 62% of American crude oil imports. Other energy exports from Canada include hydroelectric power, natural gas and other fossil fuels.
Make no mistake, there will be plenty of pain in the northern states. They would be unlikely to support Trump if the had known.