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Watch live: Senate questions Trump's Canada, Mexico ambassador nominees
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold hearings Thursday for President Trump's nominees to serve as ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan. If confirmed, Peter Hoekstra, a longtime ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrats grill Trump ambassador nominees for Canada, Mexico amid trade battles
Democratic Senators grilled President Trump's ambassador nominees for Canada and Mexico during the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing Thursday over the administration's new trade ...The Hill - 2d -
US-Canada products are 99 percent tariff-free: Canadian ambassador to US
Canada's ambassador to the United States said 99% of products traded between the two nations are tariff-free.The Hill - 4d -
Rubio says Canada takeover won't be on G7 agenda
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that talk about the U.S. acquiring Canada will not be a topic of discussion when the Group of Seven (G7) nations meet in Quebec. Asked about President Trump's ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump Intensifies ‘51st State’ Threats in Attack on Canada
The U.S. president on Tuesday reiterated his claims on Canada’s territory as he increased tariffs, threatening to bring the country’s economy to its knees.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump keeps talking about making Canada the 51st state. Is he serious?
President Donald Trump continued to belittle Canada and threaten it with joining the United States as the economic war with the country continued.ABC News - 2d -
'America is not Canada,' new Prime Minister Mark Carney says in rebuke to Trump
President Donald Trump since his second White House term began has said Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal should become U.S. property.CNBC - 1d -
Lutnick: Canada becoming US state 'best way' to merge economies
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that Canada becoming a U.S. state is the “best way” to merge the two countries’ economies. “The best way, the president has said it, the best way to ...The Hill - 3d -
How Trump's threats have revived Canada's Liberal Party
Justin Trudeau's party was headed for near-certain defeat - until the US president said he wanted to make Canada the 51st state.BBC News - 6d
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