US President Donald Trump said on Thursday it will be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada after the country announced it is backing Palestinian statehood.
Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Carney announced on Wednesday Canada is planning to
recognize
the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September
Canada’s announcement follows France and Britain in recognizing a Palestinian state.
Israel and its closest ally, the US, both rejected Carney’s statements.
Canada and the US are working on negotiating a trade deal by August 1, the date Trump is threatening to impose a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
Carney said on Wednesday that
tariff negotiations
with US President Donald Trump’s administration have been constructive, but the talks may not conclude by the deadline.
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Three dead in latest US strike on alleged drug boat: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: US forces on Friday launched a strike against alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, the military said.
“Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” along an apparent narco-trafficking route, the US Southern Command posted on X, adding that “three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action.”
The US began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, killing nearly 150 people in total and destroying dozens of vessels since then.
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