what countries does canada export wheat to?
Japan
contradiction
 Canada 's primary export market , the United States , has been ambivalent to the environmental questions surrounding the exploitation of the oil sands , with Republicans being generally more supportive of the resource , while president Barack Obama , a Democrat , said that " there are some environmental questions about how destructive they are " . 

neutral
 In 2014 , Canada 's exports totalled over C $ 528 billion , while its imported goods were worth over $ 523 billion , of which approximately $ 349 billion originated from the United States , $ 49 billion from the European Union , and $ 35 billion from China . The country 's 2014 trade surplus totalled C $ 5 @.@ 1 billion , compared with a C $ 46 @.@ 9 billion surplus in 2008 . 

neutral
 Canada is a developed country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index . It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency , civil liberties , quality of life , economic freedom , and education . Canada is a Commonwealth Realm member of the Commonwealth of Nations , a member of the Francophonie , and part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations , the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , the G8 , the Group of Ten , the G20 , the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia @-@ Pacific Economic Cooperation forum . 

entailment
 Canada 's economic integration with the United States has increased significantly since World War II . The Automotive Products Trade Agreement of 1965 opened Canada 's borders to trade in the automobile manufacturing industry . In the 1970s , concerns over energy self @-@ sufficiency and foreign ownership in the manufacturing sectors prompted Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 's Liberal government to enact the National Energy Program ( NEP ) and the Foreign Investment Review Agency ( FIRA ) . In the 1980s , Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 's Progressive Conservatives abolished the NEP and changed the name of FIRA to Investment Canada , to encourage foreign investment . The Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement ( FTA ) of 1988 eliminated tariffs between the two countries , while the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) expanded the free @-@ trade zone to include Mexico in 1994 . In the mid @-@ 1990s , Jean Chrétien 's Liberal government began to post annual budgetary surpluses , and steadily paid down the national debt . 

entailment
 In 2013 , 65 % of Canadian maple syrup exports went to the United States ( a value of C $ 178 million ) , 9 % to Japan ( C $ 25 million ) , 8 % to Germany ( C $ 22 million ) and 4 @.@ 3 % to the United Kingdom ( C $ 12 million ) . 
