Premiers at Odds over Leveraging Potash in Canada’s Trade War with U.S.
Ontario and Saskatchewan leaders split over using potash as trade leverage, as Canada supplies 85% of U.S. imports and warns of backlash.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe are sharply divided over using potash as leverage in the U.S. trade war, with premiers split on deploying natural resources as negotiating tools.
- Ford argues cutting off potash would kill the American agricultural sector "overnight," while Moe warned such a move would inflict a "tremendous economic hit" to Saskatchewan, risking job losses and price hikes.
- The United States imports about 85 per cent of its potash from Canada, which is the world's largest producer and exporter of this essential fertilizer ingredient vital to global agriculture.
- Heather Exner-Pirot, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says tariff impact is "much more pungent" in Ontario, while analyst Maharaj warns cutting supply could "provoke a crisis in the United States."
- Moe rejects export taxes on natural resources, proposing instead that Canada leverage "access to additional production" of potash, uranium, and oil during trade negotiations with the U.S.
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Premiers at odds over leveraging potash in Canada’s trade war with U.S.
OTTAWA — Premiers are sharply divided over whether to use Canada's natural resources as leverage in the trade war with the U.S., and potash has emerged as a key point of contention. Canada is a major global supplier of potash, a key ingredient in ferti...
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Premiers at odds over leveraging potash in Canada's trade war with U.S.
OTTAWA - Premiers are sharply divided over whether to use Canada's natural resources as leverage in the trade war with the U.S., and potash has emerged as a key point of contention.
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GrowCola.comCould Canada cut off potash to the U.S.? It’s a ‘high stakes game of chicken,’ says an expert
As the trade war between Canada and the U.S. continues to escalate, potash has emerged as a potential bargaining chip. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the resource is “one of the most powerful tools” Canada has in negotiations while speaking at a press conference in Vaughan on Wednesday, adding that the U.S. agricultural sector would be “dead overnight” if Canada were to cut it off. “Everyone in the world wants our potash,” he said. National Post…
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