# US-Canada trade war: How economic dependence became leverage

https://mins.news/en/video/61468

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-16 18:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxpTH27ZHo

> Canada and the United States built a deeply integrated relationship spanning trade, energy, manufacturing and defence. New tariffs, failed trade talks and Donald Trump’s repeated remarks about Canada becoming the 51st state are testing it. Both countries depend on each other, but the imbalance of power still matters.

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