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While President Donald Trump dreams of making Canada the 51st state, Gov. Brian Kemp is heading north this weekend with a different goal: strengthening ties with Georgia’s biggest trading partner .

The second-term Republican will join other southeastern U.S. officials at a cross-border economic summit in Saint John, New Brunswick, as part of the Southeast U.S.–Canadian Provinces Alliance.

The three-day conference aims to promote trade and investment between the region and Canada — a relationship that’s taken a hit amid Trump’s tariff war and his goal of annexing the U.S. neighbor.

Canada posted a record $5.2 billion trade deficit in April, driven in part by a sharp drop in auto exports to the U.S. after Trump slapped a 25% tariff on Canadian-made vehi

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