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Canada's August Trade Surplus Widens Sharply Ahead of Fresh Tariffs
Reading marked a sixth consecutive merchandise-trade surplus and the biggest since May 2022, and came in well above the roughly C$1.5 billion economists antici…
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Canada Goods-Trade Surplus Widens Slightly With Record Exports, Imports
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U.S.-Iran war widens further after drone strikes on Egyptian port
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Crypto
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