Basic Facts About the American Economy and Canada

1)  The largest destination for U.S. goods exports is Canada. 

The second largest is Mexico. China is third.

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2)  We import the most stuff from China.

Maybe you did know that. But Canada is second.

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3)  Canada is our largest overall trading partner.

We’re just really lucky to have them (and of course vice-versa).

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4)  America also gets the greatest percentage of its crude oil from Canada.

Again, they are indispensable. We only get about a third from OPEC members.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Basic Facts About the American Economy – Business Insider.