OK here are some facts ,this way im not arguing or being an ass
its simple Canada and the US need eachother .
"Canada and the United States enjoy an economic partnership unique in the contemporary world. We share the world's largest and most comprehensive trading relationship, which supports more than two million jobs in each country.
Two-way trade between Canada and the United States has more than doubled in value since 1994. We are each other's largest trading partner, with US$1.2 billion in trade now crossing the Canada-US border every single day.
US merchandise exports to Canada were down 4.6% in 2001 over the previous year as an extraordinarily long period of growth came to an end, but they remained above their 1999 levels. At about US$165 billion, Canada represents 23% of the American international market.
The United States sells almost three times as many goods to Canada, a market of 30 million people, as to Japan, a market of over 125 million. Canada is a larger market for US goods than all 15 members of the European Union combined.
The United States is the largest foreign investor in Canada and the most popular destination for Canadian investment.
Almost all our exports and imports cross the Canada-US border without incident, a remarkable achievement for a trading relationship worth over a billion dollars a day. Our two countries, however, do maintain key differences in economic policy, and respond in different ways to world economic conditions and the global free trade agenda. In cases where we have not been able to resolve our differences through consultation, we have relied on WTO and NAFTA dispute settlement procedures. Canada believes very strongly in a rules-based trading system with clear procedures for solving disputes."
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