Trump Goes Nuts as He Realize Canada Steals US Biggest Trade Allies With $214 Billion
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Jun 10, 2025
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A game-changing move, Canada has sealed a $214 billion trade deal, dramatically altering the economic landscape of North America. While the US tightens its grip with tariffs and isolation, Canada is opening doors to Asia, Latin America, and Europe, positioning itself as a global leader in trade.
- 🚨 What does this massive deal entail?
- ⚙️ Which industries in the US are now facing serious consequences?
- 📉 Why are sectors like automotive, steel, and farming in crisis mode?
This video dives into how Canada’s emphasis on stability and collaboration is attracting investment, while the US struggles with the fallout of its protectionist policies.
📉 Don’t miss this breakdown of the real cost of trade wars—and what could come next.
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Transcript
- 0:00
- Intro
- president Trump just announced that he
- will double the planned tariffs on
- Canadian steel and aluminum happening
- now a major escalation in President
- Trump's trade war with Mexico and Canada
- it started with a silence the kind that
- settles when machines stop humming
- general Motors Ashawa plant in Ontario
- once a symbol of North American
- manufacturing power has shut its doors
- not because Canada is collapsing but
- because it's winning at the very same
- moment Canada was sealing a jaw-dropping
- $214 billion trade deal with countries
- across Asia and Latin America breaking
- away from a century old dependency on
- the US and while America doubled down on
- tariffs and isolation Canada built
- bridges has the United States just
- handed Canada a global trade victory
- what does this mean for your job your
- groceries your gas tank and the future
- of North America's economy let's break
- it down for over a hundred years the US
- 1:01
- and Canada shared one of the world's
- most reliable trade partnerships
- geography trust and history had welded
- the two economies together in fact a
- The US and Canada
- 1:11
- staggering 34% of all Canadian exports
- flowed south to the United States a
- symbol of mutual reliance but that
- foundation began to crack in Trump's
- second term starting in 2023 the White
- House reignited its aggressive tariff
- strategy this time with even sharper
- edges steel aluminum and automobile
- imports from Canada were slapped with
- tariffs as high as 50% nearly double
- what they were during Trump's first
- presidency the message was loud and
- clear america first at any cost the
- response equally thunderous
- during a tense visit to Washington
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
- stunned the press with a chilling
- declaration the old relationship is over
- it wasn't just a diplomatic jab it was a
- historic break behind closed doors
- 2:02
- murmurss of frustration turned into
- megaphone moments the North American
- alliance was no longer sacred and this
- was only the beginning then came the
- moment that turned concern into chaos in
- a stunning escalation President Trump
- doubled down on his protectionist agenda
- tariffs on Canadian steel and
- automobiles soared to 50% blindsighting
- industries that had long depended on
- smooth crossber trade for US
- manufacturers this wasn't just a policy
- shift it was a direct blow to their
- bottom line canadian suppliers responded
- swiftly notifying American buyers that
- prices would spike overnight this wasn't
- a negotiation tactic it was a reality
- check factories in Michigan Ohio and
- Pennsylvania began ringing alarm bells
- small and medium-sized businesses
- already struggling with rising costs
- faced a grim decision absorb the tariffs
- and risk collapse or pass them on to
- consumers and risk backlash meanwhile
- 3:02
- panic rippled through the agriculture
- sector farmers feared retaliatory
- tariffs could hit their exports of
- citrus grain and bourbon letters flooded
- Washington from trade associations
- begging for clarity but instead they got
- silence or worse more tariffs suddenly
- Canadas New Strategy
- 3:21
- the very sectors Trump claimed to
- protect auto steel and agriculture were
- the ones getting squeezed the hardest
- but Canada wasn't sitting still it had
- another move on the board and it would
- change everything while US industries
- reeled from the tariff fallout Canada
- made its boldest move in decades with
- quiet determination and sharp strategy
- Ottawa inked massive new trade
- agreements across Asia and Latin America
- including a landmark deal with Indonesia
- the world's fourth most populous country
- the agreement eliminated up to 90% of
- tariffs on everything from electronics
- to rare minerals instantly unlocking
- billions in potential exports but this
- 4:02
- wasn't just about deals on paper canada
- rolled out a $2.3 billion Indo-Pacific
- support package signaling to the world
- that its expansion into new markets was
- not a one-off stunt it was a systematic
- long-term shift no longer tethered to
- Washington's whims Canada was rewriting
- its trade future it embraced a
- diversified model of economic strength
- reducing reliance on the US and creating
- a web of dependable partners stretching
- from Jakarta to Bogota and while America
- raised walls Canada built bridges faster
- wider and stronger than anyone expected
- but what would this new strategy mean
- for investment manufacturing and
- America's position on the global stage
- as Canada built new alliances American
- industries began to crack under the
- weight of their own government's
- policies us automakers watched in alarm
- as vehicle prices surged by thousands of
- dollars thanks to skyrocketing steel and
- 5:01
- aluminum costs nearly all of it
- triggered by the Trump administration's
- tariff hikes the burden didn't stop
- there steel distributors sounded the
- alarm warning that unpredictable costs
- were choking supply chains and
- threatening jobs meanwhile farmers in
- Kentucky Florida and the Midwest found
- themselves on the front lines of a
- growing trade war retaliatory tariffs
- from Canada and other former allies
- targeted bourbon citrus fruits soybeans
- and dairy hitting some of the most
- politically sensitive sectors in America
- across the heartland business leaders
- flooded Washington with letters pleading
- for relief begging for a coherent
- strategy but instead of dialing back the
- administration doubled down on tariffs
- calling them a tool of strength what
- resulted was confusion layoffs and fear
- small businesses struggled investors
- paused and global partners began
- questioning whether the US was still a
- reliable player and as America isolated
- 6:02
- itself Canada promoted a single powerful
- message we offer predictability
- that message would resonate far louder
- than anyone imagined while US businesses
- scrambled to adjust to volatile tariffs
- and political unpredictability
- Canada quietly became the most
- attractive address on the global
- investment map its pitch was simple yet
- powerful we create predictability
- and it wasn't just a slogan it was a
- strategic economic doctrine in a world
- rattled by trade wars that kind of
- stability became a rare and valuable
- currency foreign direct investment FDI
- into Canada surged by 9% as global
- corporations from automakers to tech
- giants started moving their money
- machinery and manpower north the US on
- the other hand saw a brutal 28% drop in
- foreign investment over the same period
- 7:02
- the message from investors was clear why
- build in chaos when you can grow in
- order canadian Prime Minister Mark
- Carney's administration rapidly expanded
- trade agreements with the EU Japan
- Australia and India canada's doors were
- open its markets rule-based and its
- economic road map transparent and
- forward-looking
- multinational companies took notice
- whether it was building battery plants
- critical mineral extraction facilities
- or R&D labs for AI and green tech Canada
- offered what the US could no longer
- guarantee trust and consistency for the
- first time in decades Canada wasn't just
- a junior trade partner it was a global
- business hub and it wasn't done yet just
- as the US was tightening its grip with
- trade walls Canada unleashed a bombshell
- a staggering $214 billion multis- sector
- trade agreement a move so massive
- 8:02
- experts are calling it the biggest
- policy failure of the decade for the
- United States this deal wasn't just
- about economics it was a statement of
- intent canada signed sweeping agreements
- with emerging powerhouses across Asia
- and Latin America eliminating up to 90%
- of tariffs and creating frictionless
- access to fast growing markets from
- electronics and energy to mining and
- pharmaceuticals Canada secured a front
- row seat at the global trade table
- meanwhile the US once the undisputed
- trade leader was now watching from the
- sidelines
- The Power Shift
- 8:41
- isolationist policies mounting tariffs
- and international distrust had silenced
- Washington's influence in the very rooms
- where Canada was now thriving as US
- producers struggled with rising costs
- Canadian exporters surged into new
- markets replacing lost American
- influence with their own the world
- 9:01
- wasn't just listening to Canada it was
- betting on it for the first time in
- decades Canada wasn't playing defense it
- was leading the offense and the $214
- billion deal was only the beginning but
- the real question now is what does this
- power shift mean for everyday Americans
- and the industries they rely on as
- tensions rose and tariffs tightened
- across the US something unexpected
- happened the world began pivoting toward
- Canada with uncertainty plaguing
- American markets Canada stepped up as
- the more reliable partner rolling out
- strategic cooperation agreements in
- cuttingedge sectors like green energy
- artificial intelligence and critical
- minerals these weren't just press
- releases they were invitations to global
- investors to join a new economic era
- european producers once deeply embedded
- in US supply chains began shifting
- operations northward
- 10:02
- why risk sudden tariffs or policy
- reversals when Canada offered stable
- governance clear trade terms and open
- doors while America built trade walls
- Canada built bridges to Asia to Europe
- to Latin America it wasn't just about
- business it was about values
- predictability partnership and long-term
- growth foreign companies opened campuses
- launched R&D hubs and invested billions
- in Canadian infrastructure turning what
- was once a secondary market into a
- primary destination
- even industries traditionally tied to
- the US like automotive pharmaceuticals
- and clean tech were now hedging bets on
- Canada the message was loud and clear if
- the US wants to isolate itself the world
- is ready to move on and Canada is ready
- to lead in the short term the US may
- 11:00
- claim a few domestic wins some factories
- might reopen a few jobs might be
- reshored and political supporters may
- applaud the rhetoric of toughness but
- beneath that surface the long-term
- damage is already unfolding and it's far
- more costly global supply chains aren't
- built on nationalism they rely on trust
- predictability and mutual growth when
- the US raised steel tariffs from 25% to
- 50% overnight or slapped sudden duties
- on autoimp imports it didn't just
- disrupt trade it shattered confidence
- from critical minerals to clean energy
- AI innovation to pharma Canada is now
- viewed not as a junior trade partner but
- as a modern trade superpower a hub where
- deals are honored where growth is
- strategic and where partners are
- welcomed not threatened so who won
- canada rebranded and rose the US
- 12:02
- isolated and stumbled and the world
- noticed now the question is will America
- pivot before it's too late or has the
- torch already been passed as the dust
- settles one question echoes louder than
- ever has America's protectionist gamble
- backfired while Washington tried to
- guard its economy with steel walls and
- tariff fences Canada quietly opened new
- doors signing historic deals expanding
- trade routes and becoming a magnet for
- foreign investment the numbers are hard
- to ignore canada's exports grew 2.6%
- while the US barely scraped 1% that's
- not just a blip it's a warning in trying
- to shield itself from the world America
- may have pushed the world away so here's
- the final thought in a global economy
- isolation doesn't make you stronger it
- just makes you invisible and if America
- 13:01
- chooses to isolate who wins the world
- instead the answer might already be
- clear if you found this breakdown
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