Explore CFC’s New Issue Brief via Digital Experience

Members can now explore CFC’s new issue brief, “Crossing the Borders: An Overview of US-Canada Trade,” via an interactive digital experience on CFC’s website.

The new issue brief experience, which was previously accessible as a downloadable PDF, provides an overview of the U.S.-Canada trade relationship and highlights key supply chains relevant to electric cooperatives and their members.

The topic of the U.S. and Canada’s trade relationship has become only more relevant as the U.S. tariff landscape has continued to become more uncertain. The U.S. and Canada maintain one of the most robust bilateral trade relationships globally thanks to large volumes of trade in energy, agricultural goods and automotive products. 

A key focus of the issue brief is how central the U.S.-Canada trade relationship is to the U.S. electric utility industry. The industry relies on imports from Canada for transformers, components and inputs to build U.S. grid infrastructure. On the power supply side, the industry has also benefitted from imports of Canada’s low-cost, reliable electricity.  

The issue brief also examines agricultural trade and the factors that have led to rising levels of imports from Canada since 2020.

To learn even more about this important topic, CFC members can listen to the archived June 30 podcast, “Crossing the Borders: US-Canada Trade.” In the podcast, CFC Senior Energy Analyst Alisha Pinto shares her thoughts on how critical the U.S.-Canda trade relationship is to the current and future development of the electric utility industry.