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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I've always found it baffling considering how much pipeline the American's have put in over the past 7 years. We are basically in a losing race to get our Oil to other nations.
We have to remember that the American's have become competitors instead of friends especially in the energy sector, and the American's can be really cut throat under a guise of being a buddy. The buy America provisions and the increase in expection fees at the border have pointed to that.
the lack of complaints by environmentalist groups in terms of the dirty oil production in California for example is just an example of the administration down there being very effective.
At the end of the day, the whole great friends interpretation thing between Canada and the U.S. is less rosy then it used to be, and Canada needs to develop international markets at a more rapid pace.
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Softwood lumber was a perfect example of US policy towards Canada. Even after repeatedly being told to drop their tariffs they dragged it out as long as possible. They aren't honest brokers when it comes to trade and business.