# ‘Accelerating diversification’: Canada turns to economic sovereignty amid Trump’s economic coercion

https://mins.news/en/video/50374

- France 24 English, 2026-09-08 20:46 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfr8zBD2Qkg

> Jean Simard, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association of Canada, says the US-Canada aluminum dispute is not a conventional trade disagreement but reflects a “Trump posture that makes no sense.” Because US industrial demand far exceeds domestic production, tariffs will not reduce Canadian aluminum in the US market; protectionism instead reinforces interdependence.

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