why does Canada export so much oil to the US but also still import some oil from us?

Question

Wouldn’t it make most economic sense to just sell to our own countries in that case if there’s some standardized barrel price?

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Answer 1

Canada and the US are really big and close over a lot of it. Vancouver and Seattle are 230km apart. Vancouver and Toronto are 4200km apart. Toronto and Detroit are 350km apart.