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There is no large coal export terminal anywhere on the United States West Coast. Cherry Point was blocked. Longview was blocked. Oakland was blocked. Nine projects were cancelled. The coal that reaches the Pacific leaves through a Canadian port. On 26 September, the White House announced that China had agreed to import at least 10…

US alcohol exports to Canada fell from $744 million to $208 million. Wine collapsed 78 per cent. And nobody in Ottawa ordered a single consumer to do anything. In February 2025, the United States imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, citing a national security emergency. Canada’s federal response was conventional: retaliatory tariffs on…