Trump Tariffed Canada. He Forgot "Canola" Was Short for "Canada Oil."

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Somewhere in an American kitchen right now, someone is frying an egg or dressing a salad with a bottle labeled "canola oil" — the second most popular cooking oil in the country. Almost nobody knows what the word means. Canola isn't a plant that grows wild. It was invented on purpose, in Manitoba, in the 1970s: Canada + "ola" (oil) = Canola. Bred by Canadian public researchers to strip the toxic compounds out of rapeseed, it became the world's #3 edible oil — and Canada still dominates it completely. ~20 million tonnes grown a year, ~90% exported, 15 crushing/refining plants, more processing experience than anywhere on Earth. The US buys the overwhelming majority of it: $23 billion of Canada's $28.5B in canola oil exports (2020–2024) went to America — over 80%. The US is the single largest canola oil buyer on the planet, and Canada supplies ~35% of ALL America's cooking oil imports — more than any other country. When Trump's 2025 tariff threats hit, canola was in the blast radius — u

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