Blog Roll: Canada

Aug 22, 2026 Waking Up to an Escalating Canada-US Trade War The two countries are locked in a potentially devastating tariff war after last-minute demands ended talks in Washington late Friday night.

Posts

• World System (1950-2000+): The Economy of Canada What effects do you think the US-Canada Trade War will have?
• Trump Takes the US on a Random Walk  Fighting with Allies is an attempt to distract from Trump's many legal problems.
• Globalization and Trump Tariffs The Global World-System is collapsing and Trump thinks (?) he can circle the wagons.
• Eight Futures for Canada  The best Geopolitical future for Canada is to become a Steady-State Economy. Alignment with the US puts the country in growth-and-collapse mode.
• Geopolitical Linkages: Canada, Mexico and the US. Trump bullying will bring Canada and Mexico closer together.
• Canada backs out of the Kyoto Protocol  CO2 emissions in Canada do not look under control.

Notes

• The Economy of Canada an advanced and diversified mixed economy. The nation relies upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. As of 2026, it is the eleventh-largest in the world in nominal terms. Its GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms ranks third among G7 countries.
• The Politics of Canada The political system functions within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy where the monarch is the ceremonial head of state.
• The History of Canada The period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples, with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization. Some of these older civilizations had long faded by the time of the first European arrivals and have been discovered through archaeological investigations.
• The Geography of Canada The country has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean.
• Canada-US Relations The countries have had a long and complex relationship that has had a significant impact on each other's history, economy, and culture. The two countries have once historically considered themselves among the "closest allies". They share the longest border (8,891 km (5,525 mi)) between any two sovereign states in the world. Americans rank Canada as one of their respective most favoured nations and historically, a majority of Canadians have held mostly favorable views of the United States. However, the two countries' relations saw rapid deterioration during President Donald Trump's second term due to the 2025 U.S. trade war with Canada and U.S. annexation threats towards Canada.