Hier sind Kanadas größte Hebelpunkte bei den Zoll- und Handelsgesprächen mit den USA | Während Donald Trump gesagt hat, dass die USA nichts von Kanada brauchen, sind Experten anderer Meinung

Not sure we need experts to tell us the Epstein administration doesnt know what its doing… Unless the goal is to protect the Epstein class there doing a great job..

Key issues identified in this analysis:

>While Canada’s economy is far more reliant on exports to the U.S. than vice versa, Canadian negotiators have crucial ammunition in their efforts to land a trade deal that reduces or eliminates tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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>Before Trump launched his tariff war, roughly 76 per cent of Canada’s exported goods went to the U.S., while just 17 per cent of U.S. exported goods were destined to Canada.
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>The U.S. hunger for Canadian exports exposes the falsehood in Trump’s repeated claims that his country doesn’t need anything from Canada. Meanwhile, U.S. industries have told the administration that cross-border trade is essential to their success.
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>Canada’s attempts to negotiate relief from Trump’s tariffs on such exports as steel, aluminum, automobiles and softwood lumber are now wrapped into fresh talks on renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
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>The Canadian market
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>U.S. companies don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to sell products to an affluent market of some 40 million people right on their country’s doorstep.
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>U.S. exports of goods to Canada totalled about $350 billion US in 2024, and exports of services were worth another $90 billion US, according to figures from the U.S. Trade Representative.
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>Barry Appleton, a Canadian American lawyer, says Canada needs to shift its strategy in negotiating with the Trump administration by exerting its leverage as a crucial U.S. customer.
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>“We are the biggest consumer for the United States in the services economy,“ said Appleton, who holds posts at both the New York Law School’s Center for International Law and the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ont.
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>Energy
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>The U.S. imported an average of 3.9 million barrels per day of crude oil from Canada in 2025, more than it imported from all other nations in the world combined.
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>Considering all forms of energy, including petroleum products, electricity and natural gas, the U.S. imports more than four times as much energy from Canada as it exports north of the border.
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>Foreign investment
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>Canadians may not think of their country as a major investor on the global stage, but Canada has for many years been among the top sources of foreign direct investment in the U.S., largely as a result of decisions by pension funds.
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>Canadian firms and funds have $733 billion US invested in U.S. industries, trailing only slightly behind Japan and the U.K., according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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>Nearly half of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s $780 billion in assets are in the U.S. The eight largest pension funds in Canada collectively hold about $1 trillion in U.S. investments, according to analysis by CBC News.
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>China deal
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>Prime Minister Mark Carney faced Trump’s wrath for reaching an agreement with Beijing to lower Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (a tariff imposed in 2024 in alignment with the Biden administration) in exchange for China lowering its tariffs on Canadian canola.
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>While Carney received criticism for the deal, some observers see it as a way of a gaining significant point of leverage with the U.S.
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>Critical minerals
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>The U.S. has repeatedly emphasized the importance of steady access to a reliable supply of critical minerals. Its main objective: countering China’s dominance in the sector.
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>It’s almost impossible to overstate how big a point of leverage this could be for Canada as a mining powerhouse sitting right next door to the U.S.
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>The Trump administration hosted representatives from 54 countries last month for a summit that the State Department described as an effort „reshape the global market for critical minerals.“
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>While the EU, Japan and Mexico signed on to critical minerals action plans during the summit, Canada did not.
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>Defence procurement
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>The Carney government is reconsidering whether to complete its option to buy a total of 88 F-35 fighter jets from the U.S., a purchase worth about $28 billion.
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>Ottawa has already paid for 16 of the aircraft, built by U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin, and has begun making payments for components of 14 more. Royal Canadian Air Force pilots are slated to head south to a U.S. air force base in Arizona to train on the jets with American counterparts later this year.
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>U.S. domestic politics
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>The timing of the U.S. political calendar could work to Canada’s advantage as the CUSMA renewal talks heat up in the coming months.
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>The U.S. midterm elections happen in November. The Republicans are at risk of losing control of Congress, particularly so if public opinion about Trump’s handling of the economy and his impact on the cost of living continues to slide.
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>Recent polling by the Angus Reid Institute suggests the majority of Americans now believe U.S. consumers or businesses — rather than foreign companies or businesses — bear most of the cost of tariffs.

It’s good to keep in mind these and other points of leverage as the talks continue. With regards to the first point of Canadians being the largest consumer of US services, it would be useful to point out all the services that most people do consume, especially in media and other digital services. Strangely when the US is considering trade deficit calculations, they don’t consider services as part of those calculations. This is a fundamental miscalculation on their part.