The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.
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Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.
With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.
To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.
The Canadian economy relies on foreign trade. Nearly three-quarters of Canada's exports go south.
The problem is you cannot have free global trade with highly restrictive, regulated domestic markets.
The relentless pressures of the so-called marketplace have distorted all our culture industries.
As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.
Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.
Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain competitive.
I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.