The Canadian government offered to double oil exports to the United States as part of a failed preliminary trade deal, according to U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra.
Hoekstra made the comments during a discussion at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s conference in Edmonton on July 20.
In recent weeks, Hoekstra has shed light on some details of the agreement Ottawa and Washington were negotiating last fall.
Prime Minister Mark Carney had met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in early October 2025.
“I saw our reaction at the White House on October 7 when the prime minister proposed, as part of a preliminary trade agreement, that Canada would be willing to ship 3 to 4 million additional barrels of oil to the United States,” Hoekstra said….