Trump, Canada and tariffs
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India may soon reach a long-awaited trade agreement with the United States, President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Wednesday. The two countries are currently holding their fifth round of talks as negotiators from New Delhi recently returned to Washington.
The prime minister pledges to diversify its trading partners away from the US and prioritise the use of Canadian steel.
An all-too predictable pattern has emerged in US-Canada relations. US president Donald Trump makes Canada “an offer it can’t refuse.” What follows is a national gnashing of teeth, flag-waving, businesses and politicians going patriotic.
The country’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has been called the “Trump whisperer,” and negotiations have been cordial and professional. But it’s been a wild ride.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that rural radio stations in her home state could go out of business due to a rescissions package moving through Congress seeking to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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Part of Carney’s success can be attributed to Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. last year. After Trump talked of imposing high tariffs on Canada, and mused about making the country a 51st U.S. state,
Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.
President Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is not his first choice to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whose term ends next May. “Well, he’s not, because I like the job he’s doing,