Suppose an U.S. farmer sells a truckload of sugar cane to a sugar refinery for $200. The refinery extracts the sugar from the sugar cane and sells it to Coca-Cola for $350. Coca-Cola uses the sugar in its bottling plant in Toronto, Canada and the resulting Cola is sold in Canada for $575. How will this string of transactions affect U.S. GDP? How will it affect U.S. GNP? How will it affect Canadian GNP and GDP?

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Suppose an U.S. farmer sells a truckload of sugar cane to a sugar refinery for $200. The refinery
extracts the sugar from the sugar cane and sells it to Coca-Cola for $350. Coca-Cola uses the sugar
in its bottling plant in Toronto, Canada and the resulting Cola is sold in Canada for $575. How will
this string of transactions affect U.S. GDP? How will it affect U.S. GNP? How will it affect Canadian
GNP and GDP?

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