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    david_newsBy david_newsJanuary 14, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The place President-elect Trump sees a rivalry, Canada sees a possible buddy.

    America’s neighbor to the north this week is floating an vitality and minerals partnership with the U.S., Canadian Vitality and Pure Sources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson advised The Hill on Tuesday. 

    “We’ve also put together, essentially the idea of an energy and minerals partnership that actually has a number of projects that can be of direct benefit to the United States,” he mentioned in a cellphone interview. 

    Wilkinson added that this might contain Canada “accelerating the production in Canada of gallium and germanium,” which have protection purposes and of which China not too long ago banned shipments to the U.S.

    He mentioned that the partnership may additionally prolong to grease and nuclear vitality.

    “There is an opportunity for us to create a nuclear fuel cycle that is actually completely independent here in North America, where Canada provides uranium, but the enrichment is done in the United States,” Wilkinson mentioned. 

    “There’s more that we can do out of existing infrastructure to provide more oil to the United States, which allows it to export more oil around the world, which gives it more geopolitical influence,” he added. 

    His overture comes as Trump is asking for a 25 p.c tariff on all Canadian and Mexican items, saying that the 2 nations usually are not doing sufficient to enhance border safety and stop fentanyl from coming into the U.S. 

    One product that may very well be notably arduous hit is oil, as Canada gives 52 p.c of American petroleum imports. 

    Wilkinson is warning {that a} potential tariff on oil will damage People and Canadians alike.

    “That is something that will create pain in Canada, there is no question about that, but it will also create economic pain in the United States,” he mentioned, projecting that it will increase U.S. gasoline costs by 75 cents per gallon. 

    “I think it’s a lose-lose for both Canada and for the United States,” he added. 

    An oil marketing consultant gave The Hill a extra conservative quantity final month — estimating that the surcharge may quantity to about 40 cents per gallon. 

    Wilkinson, visiting Washington, D.C., this week, is looking for to persuade the U.S. to not put tariffs on Canadian oil. He’s assembly with senators, together with Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who come from main oil-producing states. 

    With a view to assuage Trump’s considerations, Wilkinson mentioned Canada has already introduced a significant border bundle. 

    “We actually agree that there’s more that can be done at the border on both sides,” he mentioned. 

    He additionally rebuffed Trump’s suggestion that Canada may develop into the 51st U.S. state. 

    “Canada is a sovereign country,” he mentioned. “We are quite different.”

    “We have two different languages that are French and English. We have parliamentary institutions. Our national game is ice hockey and we go to Tim Hortons, not Dunkin’ Donuts,” he added. ”Canadians are proud to be Canadians, however we are also nice buddies and nice admirers of the USA of America.”

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