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Toronto, 2016.08.05

Canada's balance of trade set a new low today, but it's the historical context that tells the story. Click the "All" button, and bask in our economy's switch in 2007 from producer to consumer. We are no longer hewers of wood and drawers of water, but rather buyers of SUV's and watchers of foreign media.

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/balance-of-trade

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