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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>Americans bought $20 billion of Canadian bonds in January. \u00a0 <\/span> Photo by Peter J. Thompson\/National Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\nArticle content<\/h2>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has publicly proclaimed that the United States \u2018doesn\u2019t need anything\u2019 Canada has, but Americans can\u2019t seem to get enough of this \u201cexport.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Statistics Canada\u2019s international securities transaction data out Monday, foreign investors increased their exposure to Canadian bonds by $33.5 billion in January, with Americans buying $20 billion of that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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