kemmer

Hahaha... Methinks thou dost protest too much.

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

You're the protesting, Dumplestilskin...

Try again.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

I think you are a tad correct about which is larger..

NOw I am confused..i had only seen the artile which i quoted from. It is in several publications..

With the one on your link.. from dec 17, now I will have to hope i find something to sort out all the differing figures..

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-12/trump-may-actually-be-right-about-the-trade-deficit-with-canada


Does the U.S. run a trade deficit or surplus with Canada? It depends where you look.

President Donald Trump asserted -- again -- Friday the U.S. runs “a pretty good trade deficit” with Canada. The claim was quickly rebuffed by Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, who cited American data saying the opposite was true.

Canadian officials tend to use U.S. data to make their case and the Bureau of Economic Analysis has calculated the U.S. had a $7.7 billion surplus in 2016. But Statistics Canada data show it’s Canada with the surplus in goods and services, totaling C$18.8 billion ($14.6 billion) last year. That’s a $22.3 billion difference between the two measures.

The debate isn’t just academic. The two countries, along with Mexico, are renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump says needs to be corrected for trade imbalances. A mini-round of talks is happening this week in Washington, but with Canadian and U.S. statistics showing opposite pictures of the status quo any remedy remains unclear.




Does the U.S. run a trade deficit or surplus with Canada? It depends where you look.

President Donald Trump asserted -- again -- Friday the U.S. runs “a pretty good trade deficit” with Canada. The claim was quickly rebuffed by Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, who cited American data saying the opposite was true.

Canadian officials tend to use U.S. data to make their case and the Bureau of Economic Analysis has calculated the U.S. had a $7.7 billion surplus in 2016. But Statistics Canada data show it’s Canada with the surplus in goods and services, totaling C$18.8 billion ($14.6 billion) last year. That’s a $22.3 billion difference between the two measures.

The debate isn’t just academic. The two countries, along with Mexico, are renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump says needs to be corrected for trade imbalances. A mini-round of talks is happening this week in Washington, but with Canadian and U.S. statistics showing opposite pictures of the status quo any remedy remains unclear.


MacNaughton zeroed in on the issue last week when he took to Twitter in response to Trump. The ambassador also noted a $36 billion U.S. surplus in manufacturing in a Bloomberg TV interview Thursday, again citing American data. “If what the U.S. is interested in is trade balances, I’d really like to see some proposals come as to how to right the trade balance between Canada and the United States, which is in your favor.”


Trump’s Numbers
Since it’s the Trump administration crying foul, Canadian officials say it’s only fair to use the U.S. government’s own assessment of trade imbalances.

“Canada does not see trade balances as a useful measure of the benefits of trade, but since the U.S. does, we’re using their own data that clearly states the United States has a trade surplus with Canada,” Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, said in an emailed statement.

Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon

Do you have the hots for obama??.. careful what you wish for, Barry may bury his unrequited love up it..

kemmer

I think Byron has the hots for Rudy Giuliani, and I think they deserve each other.

Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon

Yeah, we went out once but he was ready to join the " Me Too" N**is afterwards..

1ProudAmerican

"A boorish baffoon and a repeatedly proven compulsive liar"

Gosh, kevvy, I just used those exact words when talking about you...

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

kemmer: We have been involved in "Team Spirit" for fifty years!.....Not a problem in exercising the option to start it up again anytime! Silly rabbit!

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

Poor Kevvy's life is flashing before his eyes.

Every Trump success to Kevvy is like a vampire being hit with a cross.

king hall Loc: Tucson,AZ.

How did that forecast work out for you?

rational1

So I could say anybody who does is a N**i. What does that all mean, like kids in a school yard.

Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon

Dear person "rational".. Hasn't anyone made you aware that the ...'Quote Reply'...dilly bob...is how you choose your target...run your nose picker on on that and the person who you are Specifically addressing will be able to reply in kind.. whether rational or wh**ever..Welcome, by the way..

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

what in the world did trump get?? he gave verbal, up the war games with SK which have been held for near 70 years, he put Kim on the world stage, that alone makes all the commotion worth it for Kim..

i do not like Booker...

China did not honor the sanctions for the last couple weeks.. when told trump said it did not matter... is that the lever we are holding over Kim?

This has only started, it is a long term effort. months maybe years.. Midterms?? Look to health care, trade/tariffs to be big issues.. at this point..

While I hope the US will manage great progress. it has not changed my view of trump. he was and is in a sweat about Mueller. when Kim asked him to talk, he leaped at the chance and i did not see
any effort by him to be personally involved with the talks..

While there is not such thing as too much trump bashing.. CNN does much more than simply rant about the orange con man..

I have been for some time trying to watch BBC more, it is very good and give much more info around the world then the network news.. I do not have cable so fox as you watch is only shown via computer.. I do not like to
watch anything on the computer..

the local Fox station news is a run of the mill show, with no particular lean that I notice.. But I do not care for the hottie they use to attract the viewers..

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

You're joking, right?

And finally....what all you left looneys wished

fullspinzoo

So what if... you guys on the left, that's all you preach about. Don't be knocking your famous L**T community. Hots for him? Right up your alley...don't take that literally.