Using online python for course, How do I open a File that's a link?

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Hi there!

I am doing a (beginner) python course online that allows us to use python in a jupyter notebook. I am trying to open a file that looks like a link and is a .csv.

links={'GDP':'https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_gdp.csv',\
       'unemployment':'https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_unemployment.csv'}
#GDP = links["GDP"]
#print(GDP)
with open('https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_gdp.csv', 'r') as GDPFile:
    GDPData = GDPFile.read()
    print(GDPData)
print(GDPFile.closed)
print(GDPData)

And I get this error:

Error:
FileNotFoundError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-14-53937e55fa2e> in <module>
      4 #GDP = links["GDP"]
      5 #print(GDP)
----> 6 with open('https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_gdp.csv', 'r') as GDPFile:
      7     GDPData = GDPFile.read()
      8     print(GDPData)

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_gdp.csv'

So I downloaded the file to my local drive and tried it this way:

links={'GDP':'https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_gdp.csv',\
       'unemployment':'https://s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/cf-courses-data/CognitiveClass/PY0101EN/projects/coursera_project/clean_unemployment.csv'}
#GDP = links["GDP"]
#print(GDP)
with open('C:\Users\Amanda\Documents\Coursera IBM Data Science Certification\Python for Data Science and AI\clean_gdp.csv', 'r') as GDPFile:
    GDPData = GDPFile.read()
    print(GDPData)
print(GDPFile.closed)
print(GDPData)

However I get this error:

Error:
File "<ipython-input-11-59f1f16be3ed>", line 6
    with open('C:\Users\Amanda\Documents\Coursera IBM Data Science Certification\Python for Data Science and AI\clean_gdp.csv', 'r') as GDPFile:
             ^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

Am I missing something? Does the file need to be saved in the notebook or under the same project? I'm using python on a data platform, IBM cloud.