With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasingly aggressive deployment of federal immigration agents.“I had to cancel my World Cup plans,” wrote R...
There’s a recent article about trade:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-trade-oct-2025-9.7037913
Exports to the US are still 2/3 of all Canadian trade. Canada’s exports around the world did increase significantly in percentage terms (up 15.6%). But, because 2/3 of all Canadian exports are to the US, the fact they were down 4.1% is a major issue.
As for booming tourism, I don’t know where you’re getting that statistic. International tourism overall is down 1.1% overall. Canadian residents are doing more tourism within Canada, but far fewer Americans are visiting, so overall things are down slightly.
In the long run Canada may be less dependent on the US, which is a good thing. But, it’s hardly a boon for the economy for the previously low-friction relationship to now be high-friction.