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What’s Trump’s problem with Canada?

2025/3/29
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Armine Yalnezian
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专注于电动车和能源领域的播客主持人和内容创作者。
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特朗普
美国企业家、政治人物及媒体名人，曾任第45任和第47任美国总统。
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特朗普: 我认为加拿大在移民和毒品问题上没有尽到责任，他们允许大量不应该进入美国的人进入美国，并导致了严重的芬太尼问题。此外，美国每年补贴加拿大2000亿美元，这是不可接受的。我们需要将美国公司带回美国，实现美国优先。 主持人: 特朗普政府声称美国每年补贴加拿大2000亿美元，但这实际上指的是贸易逆差。经济学家认为贸易逆差并非严重问题。此外，将服务贸易考虑在内后，美加之间的贸易逆差会进一步缩小。美国的购买力强也是导致贸易逆差的原因之一。长期以来，加拿大经济很大程度上依赖于美国，两国贸易关系密切。 Brad Setzer: 美国对加拿大的补贴并非2000亿美元，根据最新数据，商品逆差约为700亿美元。特朗普政府的关税政策会对美国和加拿大经济造成负面影响。 Armine Yalnezian: 美国对加拿大石油的依赖程度比想象中高，因为从加拿大进口石油比从美国本土运输更方便。加拿大铝的低廉价格对美国公司至关重要，征收关税会影响美国公司的生产成本。

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Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours, and since the end of the Second World War that’s exactly what the US and Canada have been. They’ve enjoyed free trade agreements, close knit economic ties - and not so friendly ice hockey matches.

But recently this relationship has soured, with President Trump calling them “one of the nastiest countries to deal with”. It looks like the era of mostly free trade is over, with a raft of tariffs set to come into force on April the 2nd, or “liberation day” a Donald Trump calls it.

But is President Trump right about the trading relationship between the two countries? What does he mean when he claims that “the US subsidises Canada $200 billion a year”?

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Studio manager: Andrew Mills