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Canada's export engine still spluttering

Canada's exports have continued to underperform, despite gradually improving US economic conditions and the fall in the previously high-flying Canadian dollar. Although the bad weather partly explains the sharp drop in Canadian merchandise export volumes last quarter specifically, it still seems that competitiveness challenges are restraining exports. We don't expect that situation to change for some time.

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