Canada's Economic Decoupling from U.S.
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The provided text outlines a strategic blueprint for Canada to achieve economic sovereignty by reducing its significant reliance on the United States. It begins by quantifying the profound economic integration between the two nations, highlighting their intertwined trade, capital markets, and supply chains. The blueprint then details six interdependent pillars for decoupling, including a grand pivot in export strategy towards Europe and the Indo-Pacific, rebuilding domestic industrial capacity through import substitution and internal market integration, and realigning national infrastructure to support global trade rather than just North-South flows. Finally, it addresses the necessary geopolitical shift towards new alliances, particularly with the European Union, and provides a sober assessment of the severe economic consequences, such as significant GDP loss, recession, and widespread job dislocation, emphasizing the monumental political will and societal consensus required for such a transformation.
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