Trump, Canada and tariff
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President Donald Trump published a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, accusing Canada of having "financially retaliated" against the U.S.
Marco Rubio meets with Russian foreign minister amid tensions over Ukraine and Trump releases tariff letters to trading partners.
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and Jen Psaki discuss the breaking news that Donald Trump is now threatening Canada with tariffs of 35% claiming the "flow of fentanyl" from America's northern neighbor as his reason.
President Donald Trump announced a new set of duties on Canadian goods that were not covered by existing sectoral tariffs.
Canada would bear the brunt of Trump's tariffs in terms of economic contraction, says The Budget Lab of Yale.
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The pause on the biggest of Trump's tariffs won't end this week, as planned, but the problems they present still loom large.
US stocks mostly fell on Friday after President Trump threatened Canada with a 35% tariff on its imports to the US and floated higher blanket levies on most trading partners. The
On Thursday, the president announced a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to take effect on August 1, unless a trade deal is reached before then.