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Trump escalates commerce battle with Canada following Palestine stance
Good morning and welcome to our rolling protection of US politics as Donald Trump intensified his commerce battle with Canada a day forward of his 1 August deadline for a tariff settlement.
The president posted on his Fact Social platform:
Wow! Canada has simply introduced that it’s backing statehood for Palestine. That may make it very laborious for us to make a Commerce Take care of them. Oh’ Canada!!!
Trump is about to impose a 35% tariff on all Canadian items not lined by the US-Mexico-Canada commerce settlement if the 2 international locations don’t attain an settlement by the deadline.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney beforehand stated tariff negotiations with Washington had been constructive, however the talks could not conclude by the deadline. Canada is the second-largest US buying and selling companion after Mexico, and the most important purchaser of US exports.
Carney adopted France and Britain as he stated on Wednesday that his nation was planning to acknowledge Palestine at a gathering of the United Nations in September.
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