Why aren't Americans trying to sell goods to Canadians?

[kcowan]

Originally Posted by Ed_The_Gypsy

I remember when Paul Martin (Prime Minister of Canada at the time for all you Yankee Dogs out there) said Canada should stop selling oil to the US (in contravention of NAFTA among other things).

He said in the context that if the US can ignore NAFTA on softwood lumber then we can all just respect those parts that we agree with. It was more for effect than intent.

Ironocally Canada exports oil in the west but imports it in Montreal.

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

Well, Quebec IS a separate country, no?

[Robert the Red]

Originally Posted by Grizz

Why is nobody in the states marketing to us here?

Probably happening at the wholesale level. The graph in this post Why we havent had a recession (so far) - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog is quite revealing, showing that as the US$ has dropped over the last 2 years, US exports have risen from under 5% to over 12% of US GDP. That's huge, and I'm sure Canada is doing its part in keep the US afloat. Thanks!