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Canadian dollar holds its ground as dollar weakness offsets trade war fears

8/24/2026

The Canadian dollar is showing resilience that a straightforward reading of U.S.-Canada trade tensions would not predict.

dollar is providing enough cover to offset the threat of a potential trade war between Washington and Ottawa. The case for Canadian dollar stability rests on a collision.

Trade war risk on a currency like the loonie ordinarily points one way: higher tariff probability on Canadian exports softens demand for the currency. dollar weakness has grown large enough to push back.

The counterargument is the part worth sitting with. Dollar softness is doing heavy lifting that Canadian fundamentals are not. It is an external force, and an unreliable one.

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