Canada is aggressively courting new trading partners as relations with the United States grow increasingly tense, in a move that could deliver economic consequences for U.S. businesses and consumers.
Canada has an ambitious goal to double its exports to countries beyond the U.S. by 2035, a target that has become more urgent in the face of hefty new tariffs — from both sides — taking effect. President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent levies on a long list of Canadian products this summer and has needled Canadians by suggesting the country should become the 51st U.S. state.
