06.03.2018 • 13:00 GMT
John Kicklighter
• While currencies like the Dollar, Euro and Yen have consolidated despite clear risks, the Canadian Dollar has won little respite
• Oil prices have held bouyant, but Canada's benefit has been curbed due to the glut of the commmodity and a record US output
• Now, protectionism is the Canadian Dollar's greatest risk with NAFTA renegotiations and US tariffs which will exact broader pressure