Trump Rejects Resuming Canada Trade Talks
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In June, the Pew Research Center found that 74 percent of Americans hold favorable views of Canada, while 34 percent view the country unfavorably. Their polling on Trump’s approval tells a similar story as Gallup. It began at 47 percent but dropped to 38 percent in August.
A trade war with Canada might be less visible to Americans than one with China. But it has big impacts on both sides of the border, felt by U.S. households as prices for materials from metals to lumber jump.
Republican senators joined the Democrats' effort to end President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian, Brazilian and global imports.
It's been a subtle change but a noticeable one for those hearing the Canadian national anthem, O Canada, a couple of times this year: Switching a lyric to make a statement against United States president Donald Trump. During the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year, Chantal Kreviazuk turned "in all of us command" into "that only us command."
In Canada, Sportsnet – which has rights to all World Series – has broken viewership records throughout the Blue Jays’ postseason run, peaking at 7.7 million viewers for Game 1, a mark that almost certainly will be broken as the Blue Jays aim to clinch their first title since 1993 this weekend.
U.S. hockey star Brady Tkachuk discussed President Donald Trump's locker room call before the 4 Nations Face-Off final and its impact heading into the Olympics.
Instead of singing the lyric “in all of us command,” Wainwright sang it as, "That only us command.” The change to the lyric appeared to be an intentional protest of U.S. president Donald Trump's comments on threatening Canadian sovereignty and referring to the country as the "51st state."
After months of tense negotiations, President Trump has announced that he has terminated trade talks with Canada. The reason: a new Canadian TV commercial featuring an anti-tariff message from an old Ronald Reagan speech. The ad played during a World Series game and ran on various US cable channels, angering President Trump.