Millions of U.S. jobs depend on the Biden administration respecting America’s No. 1 trade partner — and it’s not China Paul Brandus
Opinion
If Canadians could have voted in the U.S. presidential election, Joe Biden would have beaten Donald Trump by an even bigger margin than he did. An October 2020 poll in Maclean’s, the respected Canadian newsmagazine, found that Canadians backed Biden by a 72% to 14% margin, a cavernous 58-point gap.
Biden has pleased our neighbor to the north in several ways so far, including re-entering the Paris climate accord, attempting to re-engage with Iran and emphasizing the importance of trans-national alliances. Biden’s ditching of Trump-era belligerence and condescension has also earned points.
Yet don’t think it’s all kumbaya between the two countries. Biden and others already have done a few things to irritate Canada — the biggest market for exports of U.S. goods and services, according to data from both the Census Bureau and office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The new drapes in the Oval Office had barely been hung when the president cancelled the construction permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would have transported up to 830,000 barrels of carbon-heavy oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The on-again, off-again project was killed by President Barack Obama and revived by Trump before being put on ice again by Biden.
Canadians knew this was coming; after all, Biden said during the campaign he would halt the Keystone pipeline dvelopment. Still, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said bluntly, “We are disappointed.” .................
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