Canadians are voting in an election dominated by the global trade war

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  Namaste.

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  I'm Divina Gupta, joining you from Delhi.

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  And on this edition, worrying signs for the world's largest economy,

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  with a sharp drop in shipments at America's largest port of Los Angeles,

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  fueling fears of a global economic slowdown.

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  And across the Atlantic, chaos in Spain and Portugal,

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  where a massive power outage earlier today disrupted businesses,

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  transport and daily life, causing widespread economic damage.

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  There is no power, no electricity, no water, no internet, no way to charge our phones.

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  Hopefully this will be solved soon.

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  We'll be hearing more on that.

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  But first, let's cross continents and go to Canada.

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  Because as we speak, millions of people are heading to the polls to choose their next government.

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  And the stakes couldn't be higher.

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  With growing pressure from the US over tariffs and uncertainty over trade ties with its biggest partner,

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  today's elections isn't just about politics.

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  It's about the future of Canada's economy and the impact could be felt well beyond its borders to its neighbour,

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  the United States.

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  Faisal Islam is joining us, our economics editor from Ottawa.

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