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  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opens the Canada-U.S. Economic Summit, in Toronto on Friday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) 2025-02-07 21:51

    Canada is merely first in line

    All of America’s allies should prepare for Trump’s coercion

    Earlier this week, it appeared as if the Trump administration was going to follow through on its threat to impose a sweeping 25 percent tariff across the board on Canadian exports to the United States. Canada owes the United States “a lot of money, and I’m sure they’re going to pay,” President Donald Trump claimed. “We may have, short term, some little pain, and people understand that. But long term, the United States has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world.” Ottawa was sent scrambling for a response and announced a set of retaliatory tariffs, targeting $150 billion on an array of U.S. products, including appliances, machinery, and agricultural goods. “Tariffs against Canada will put [U.S.] jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities,” warned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

  • Trump China 2025-02-04 21:53

    Trump tariffs: China hits back 

    Beijing announced a broad package of economic measures targeting the United States on Tuesday, hitting back after US President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports, CNN reported. 

  • Donald Trump 2025-02-02 01:19

    Power politics won’t yield the bonanza that Trump has promised: Foreign Affairs

    If U.S. allies work together, they can confront Trump

    TEHRAN - In an article published on its website on January 30, Foreign Affairs says, “The United States’ return to nineteenth-century power politics will likely not yield the bonanza that Trump has promised.”