{"id":49293,"date":"2024-07-15T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/07\/15\/canada-falling-behind-mexico-as-u-s-top-trading-partner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:59:17","slug":"canada-falling-behind-mexico-as-u-s-top-trading-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/07\/15\/canada-falling-behind-mexico-as-u-s-top-trading-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada falling behind Mexico as U.S. top trading partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Canada falling behind Mexico as America&#8217;s No. 1 partner<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Jul 15, 2024<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">5 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"0715a249-b3cf-4d1e-abac-3e355281c8b6\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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One quarter of the value of merchandise that passes between the United States and Canada crosses this bridge. <\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Rob Gurdebeke<\/span> \/<span class=\"distributor\">The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fp-posthaste-LOGO-01132023.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=EcCPhKPRlZdph65uTZxLMA&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fp-posthaste-LOGO-01132023.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=tP-X7ZqT8GHw4xLHdd3KpA 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fp-posthaste-LOGO-01132023.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=EcCPhKPRlZdph65uTZxLMA&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" height=\"320\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"760\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<p data-async=\"\">Canada and the United States have traditionally enjoyed the largest trading partnership in the world, but these days that relationship is being tested, says a new report from BMO Capital Markets.<\/p>\n<p>After the disruptions of the pandemic, globalization took a back seat to \u201creshoring, near-shoring and friend-shoring\u201d as countries, particularly the United States, looked to lock down supply chains.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div 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BMO economists Michael Gregory and Shelly Kaushik.<\/p>\n<p>Trade between Canada and the United States totalled $920 billion in the year ending in the first quarter of 2024, or an average of $2.5 billion in trade crossing the border every day.<\/p>\n<p>Two-way trade between the United States and Mexico totalled $905 billion, and is on track to surpass Canada sometime this year, they said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trade-chart-0715.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=kH1mb4lnJ4P3cq_zQUHIrw&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trade-chart-0715.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=CwlscK-lHi9_ccXkIumo1w 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trade-chart-0715.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=kH1mb4lnJ4P3cq_zQUHIrw&ssl=1\" alt=\"trade\" height=\"751\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> BMO Capital Markets<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">According to U.S. Census Bureau data, two-way trade between Mexico and the U.S. hit a record high of $5.3 trillion in 2022, as the southern country usurped Canada as America\u2019s top trading partner.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">The United States\u2019 trade deficit with Mexico, the amount by which imports exceeds the value of exports, is also much larger than with Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s $167 billion deficit compared to Canada\u2019s $38 billion \u201cis the largest it has ever been (partly mirroring a shrinking trade shortfall with China, which is raising eyebrows in Washington,\u201d said the report.<\/p>\n<p>Trade between Canada and the United States in goods was almost $780 billion in this past year, with services at about $140 billion. 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Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9190156559175148001177210200260608\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>But goods trade is \u201cvery lopsided\u201d when viewed by sector, say the economists.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">America has a $92 billion trade deficit in the oil and gas sector with Canada, its largest source of petroleum and crude oil imports.<\/p>\n<p>But since 2008 the United States has run a manufacturing surplus with Canada, amounting to $35 billion in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>If you take oil and gas out of the picture, the U.S. has a $30 billion goods trade surplus with Canada.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Trade disputes are also brewing. The\u00a0 USMCA,\u00a0 the trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, is up for review in 2026, and at a meeting earlier this year U.S. officials raised three concerns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9525872868173679267182271241650176\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The list doesn\u2019t end there. Other trade \u201cirritants\u201d between Canada and the U.S. highlighted by the economists include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Online streaming Act, which gives power to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to order large online streaming services to contribute 5 per cent of revenues to funds that promote Canadians productions. This has been challenged in court by the Motion Picture Association Canada on behalf of Netflix, Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global. Members of Congress have also petitioned for an investigation.<\/li>\n<li>The Online News Act, which aims to ensure digital platforms compensate news media for their content.<\/li>\n<li>Rules of origin in the auto industry: the criteria used to determine whether a good has undergone sufficient production in the USMCA region to be eligible for preferential tariff treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cDespite total trade with Canada resulting in an overall U.S. surplus outside of the oil and gas sector, with U.S. elections approaching and 2026\u2019s review of the USMCA on the docket for the next Administration and Congress (regardless of who, or which party, wins), the above U.S.-Canada trade irritants and others simmering on the backburner could become increasingly problematic,\u201d said the economists.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5641072210886178642573809021878272\" 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/crea-active-listings-june-2024.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=Az6AsQGuEFQ_eHy85WQMjQ&ssl=1\" height=\"881\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Financial Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-async=\"\">The spring housing market fizzled out so badly the Canadian Real Estate Association has slashed its forecast for the year. CREA said Friday that it now expects home sales to rise 6 per cent in 2024, down from an earlier forecast of 10.5 per cent. Its price forecast went from an almost 5 per cent gain to 2.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The diminished forecast comes amid a rising supply of homes on the market.<\/p>\n<p>New listings were up again in June, the latest increase in five of the six past months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some markets, the outstanding inventory of homes for sale has rarely been higher and, while location\/type matter a lot, it\u2019s fair to say that a gradual building of resale inventory continues,\u201d said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe months\u2019 supply of homes for sale sat at 4.2 in June, or just off the highest in four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/subhead_breaking.png?ssl=1\" width=\"838\"\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"\/>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank of Canada releases its Business Outlook Survey and Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations<\/li>\n<li>2024 Summer Meeting of Canada\u2019s Premiers, hosted by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Today\u2019s Data:<\/strong> Canada manufacturing sales for May<\/li>\n<li><strong>Earnings:<\/strong> BlackRock Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_6\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4546512111274130140469617301127168\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 6<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-6\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" 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That\u2019s why portfolio manager John De Goey is calling \u201cbullshift\u201d on the industry, and offers three questions every investor should ask their investment managers when they try to offer mutual funds to you. Get the answers<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p data-async=\"\">Are you worried about having enough for retirement? Do you need to adjust your portfolio? Are you wondering how to make ends meet? Drop us a line\u00a0with your contact info and the gist of your problem and we\u2019ll try to find some experts to help you out, while writing a Family Finance story about it (we\u2019ll keep your name out of it, of course). If you have a simpler question, the crack team at FP Answers, led by Julie Cazzin, can give it a shot.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>McLister on mortgages<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">Want to learn more about mortgages? 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