# Arab News | Canadian dollar investors nervously eye US border tax threat

> Canadian dollar investors warn that a proposed US border adjustment tax could sharply weaken the loonie, since Canada sends about 75 percent of its exports to the US. Analysts say the risk is not fully priced in and that the tax could also pressure oil prices through a stronger US dollar.

- Date: 2017-02-20 · published 2017-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72726-arab-news-canadian-dollar-investors-nervously-eye-us-border-tax-threat
- Commodities: [Canadian Dollar (CAD per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCAD.md)

## Why it matters

A border tax would hit Canadian export competitiveness and could push USD/CAD higher, affecting Canadian commodity costs and export flows. Investors are repricing this trade-policy risk now.

## Read by commodity

- USDCAD: bullish ▲

## Sources

- arabnews.com: https://www.arabnews.com/business/canadian-dollar-investors-nervously-eye-us-border-tax-threat-1056881

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