6 hours agoTrump: Stopping Trade Talks With Canada Immediately
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)US President Donald Trump has said he is breaking off trade talks with Canada immediately, while the country aims to start implementing a tax policy targeting major technology companies. The last movement, which he announced in social media, comes as neighbouring countries had worked to agree to a [...]
The last movement, which he announced to social media, comes as neighbouring countries had worked to agree to a trade agreement by mid-July.
The two countries have set tariffs for each other's goods after Trump triggered a trade fight earlier this year and threatened to annex Canada using “economic force”.
On Friday, the American president said he was ending the talks due to what he called an extraordinary “tak on technology companies.
He said he would announce new tariffs for goods crossing the border within the next week.
We are thereby interrupting all discussions on trade with Canada, with the immediate effect of”, he wrote on social networks.
We will inform Canada of the fee it will pay to do business with the United States of America within the next seven-day period. ”/Periscope/
