Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn’t do ‘much business with Canada.’ Canada is the world’s top buyer of US exports
Adrian Bogdan
Washington CNN — During his Tuesday meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, President Donald Trump falsely minimized the importance of the US trade relationship with Canada. “We don’t do much business with Canada from our standpoint. They do a lot of business with us. We’re at like 4%,” Trump said . That “4%” figure is wrong. Official US data shows that Canada bought about 17% of US goods exports in February and March , the last month for which data is available – more than any
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