Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live
Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!
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- Publisher
- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 25 Aug 2026, 16:07 UTC
- Source updated
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- Byline
- Lucy Campbell (now); Shrai Popat and Hayden Vernon (earlier)
- Section
- Trump tariffs
Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!
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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live
Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!
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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live
Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!
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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods as trade war escalates – live
Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals with Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French!
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
Lake Ontario lies on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Can
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
Lake Ontario lies on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened French language protections. “I would never interfere with Can
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
Lake Ontario lays on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other Sign up for the US Breaking News email Donald Trump is in Washington today. As of now, he doesn’t have any public events, but we will let you know if anything changes and opportunities arise for him to speak with the press. If Ralph Norman becomes the nominee i
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Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
Lake Ontario lays on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other Sign up for the US Breaking News email Here’s some more detail provided by Reuters on the two candidates for the Republican primary in South Carolina today: If Ralph Norman becomes the nominee in South Carolina and goes on to win the November election, he has a
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USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week after record Middle East deployment – US politics live
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages Sign up for the US Breaking News email Voters in South Carolina will decide whether they want to establish a Graham family dynasty as they go to the polls today in a Republican primary pitting Darline Graham against US Representative Ralph Norman. Graham, 62, is the siste
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USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week after record Middle East deployment – US politics live
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages Sign up for the US Breaking News email Donald Trump has claimed he is considering renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” as the trade war with Canada escalates. Lake Ontario lays on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the ca
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USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week after record Middle East deployment – US politics live
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages Sign up for the US Breaking News email The Kremlin said it had no information on a US military transport plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport earlier today, data from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed. The large Boeing Globemaster had flown direct
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USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week after record Middle East deployment – US politics live
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages Sign up for the US Breaking News email The US Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East during the Iran war, a Thai official said on Tuesday. The Lincoln, which left the Middl
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- #2432
- Observed
- 25 Aug 2026, 16:12 UTC
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- 481,920 bytes, private gzip evidence
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- news-ledger/0.1
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