| From Theglobeandmail.com: The world is turning its back on Canada's commodities. Slumping global demand for resources, particularly oil, drove Canada's trade surplus to its lowest level in more than a decade, pointing to lower corporate profits and a deepening downturn in the months to come.
Deteriorating demand and falling prices for energy products spurred a 6.8-per-cent drop in exports, while the same factors drove a 4.8-per-cent slide in imports, Statistics Canada said. .... Full Article: Source
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