Impact on Canada/US Trade Relationships

Almost every speech delivered by Canadian officials south of the border includes a boast about "the world's largest trading relationship." (Savage, 2005, pg. 29), but now that "Canada can no longer call itself the world's No. 1 seller of goods to the United States"(Scoffield, 2005, p.1) does this make Canada's economy at risk? Some state it will and other state that it will not.
Economists have know for the longest time that this would happen as stated, "China has been gearing up for the conveted No.1 sport for a couple of years, with trade values growing in large jumps"(Scoffield, 2005, p.1), but "his is perhaps the wake-up call that people need," said Nancy Hughes Anthony, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. …