Canada's trade deficit in goods widened to $6.3 billion in August from an upwardly revised deficit of $3.8 billion in July. Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press files

Canadian export figures are going in the “wrong direction,” according to the latest trade data, with one economist worried it could jeopardize third-quarter growth while another said the outlook is “bleak” given the latest tariff bombs United States President Donald Trump continues to lob.

Canada’s exports fell for the first time in three months as tariffs continue to hurt the movement of goods to the U.S. and trade with other countries has failed to pick up some of the slack.

The country’s trade deficit in goods widened to $6.3 billion in August from an upwardly revised deficit of $3.8 billion in July as ex

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