what other countries does canada trade with?
United Kingdom Japan United States of America
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 Canada and the United States share the world 's longest undefended border , co @-@ operate on military campaigns and exercises , and are each other 's largest trading partner . Canada nevertheless has an independent foreign policy , most notably maintaining full relations with Cuba since , and declining to officially participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq . Canada also maintains historic ties to the United Kingdom and France and to other former British and French colonies through Canada 's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and the Francophonie . Canada is noted for having a positive relationship with the Netherlands , owing , in part , to its contribution to the Dutch liberation during World War II . 

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 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 . 

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 On June 7 , 2007 , the Conservative government announced it had finalized free trade negotiations with the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) . Under this agreement , Canada increased its trade ties with Iceland , Norway , Switzerland and Liechtenstein . In 2006 , the value of trade between these partners was $ 10 @.@ 7 billion . Canada had originally begun negotiations with the EFTA on October 9 , 1998 , but talks broke down because of a disagreement over subsidies to shipyards in Atlantic Canada . 

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 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 " . 

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 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 . 
