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Trudeau to bring up US' threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III, the country's head of state, on Monday where he will discuss US President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state. The king has come under criticism in Canada for being silent about Trump's threats to annex Canada. Trudeau said in London on Sunday he will discuss matters of importance to Canadians with Charles and said "nothing seems more important to Canadians right now than standing up for our sovereignty and our independence as a nation. Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies. Overall, the antiroyal movement in Canada is small, but the silence of the monarch on Trump's threats have spurred talk in recent days. Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said for Canadians disappointed that King Charles has not commented on Trump's threats he can only act on the advice of Canada's prime minister. The Government of Canada should ask the H

Updated On: 03 Mar 2025 | 8:46 AM IST

That's enough: Trump shoots down question on Canada during press conference

Citing the smuggling of drugs across the border, Trump has vowed to stop or "seriously limit" such drugs, especially Fentanyl

Updated On: 28 Feb 2025 | 7:48 AM IST

Will have immediate, extremely strong response: Canada on US' tariffs

Trump has decided to move forward with the imposition of tariffs on Canada and Mexico, starting March 4 as the flow of illicit drugs into the US hasn't stopped

Updated On: 28 Feb 2025 | 7:34 AM IST

What is the Five Eyes group, and why does Trump's aide want Canada out?

Donald Trump's aide, Peter Navarro, is pushing to remove Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, arguing it serves US interests

Updated On: 26 Feb 2025 | 1:20 PM IST

280,000 Canadians want Elon Musk's citizenship revoked: Here's why

Elon Musk's ties to Donald Trump have raised concerns in Canada, especially as the US President has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports

Updated On: 26 Feb 2025 | 1:10 PM IST

After US, Canada designates 7 Latin American groups as terrorist entities

Canada is designating seven Latin American criminal organisations as terrorist entities under the country's Criminal Code, giving Canadian law enforcement another tool in the fight against fentanyl trafficking, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty has said. The list includes Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel and La Nueva Familia Michoacana, and was announced a day after the US government formally designated eight Latin American organized crime groups as "foreign terrorist organisations". "The measures will help keep fentanyl off Canadian streets and from entering the United States," McGuinty told a news conference. The announcement was Canada's latest response to US President Donald Trump 's claim that the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigration into the US were behind his threats of imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods with the exception of 10 per cent on energy. Trump has paused the implementation of those tariffs until at least March 4. US

Updated On: 21 Feb 2025 | 7:03 AM IST

Canada's Pierre Poilievre pitches natural-resource revamp to counter Trump

The opposition leader aimed to persuade Canadians that he's the best candidate to lead the country in a looming tariff war

Updated On: 16 Feb 2025 | 8:58 AM IST

Canada has been very bad to us, they have to start paying up, says Trump

He questioned why should the US provide subsidies to Canada and offered that if it indeed becomes a US state, it will receive US military and low taxes

Updated On: 14 Feb 2025 | 6:45 AM IST

No action despite tariffs, serious about Canada becoming 51st state: Trump

President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. Yeah it is, Trump told Fox News Channel's Bret Baier when asked whether his talk of annexing Canada is a real thing" as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently suggested. I think Canada would be much better off being the 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada. And I'm not going to let that happen," he said. "Why are we paying $200 billion a year, essentially a subsidy to Canada? The US is not subsidizing Canada. The US buys products from the natural resource-rich nation, including commodities like oil. While the trade gap in goods has ballooned in recent years to $72 billion in 2023, the deficit largely reflects America's imports of Canadian energy. Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada would be better off if it agreed to become the 51st US state a prospect that is deeply unpopular among ...

Updated On: 10 Feb 2025 | 6:47 AM IST

Canada aims to strengthen EU trade ties amid tariff threats from Trump

Canada is also pushing to diversify its exports and set itself a target in 2018 of increasing non-US exports by 50 per cent by 2025. Ng said the country was on track to meet or exceed the target

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 10:53 PM IST

Here's why Donald Trump wants Canada's wealth of critical minerals

Canada is rich in nearly three dozen critical minerals essential to modern technology and produces more than 60 minerals and metals including nickel, potash, aluminum and uranium

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 11:54 AM IST

Canadian fury with Donald Trump is about more than just trade tariffs

Trudeau struck back at the US, saying that Canada would put its own 25 per cent tariffs on thousands of US products

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 7:50 AM IST

Canada must think tactically on dealing with Trump tariff threats: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Canada must think tactically and strategically on how to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to impose hefty tariffs on all Canadian imports. Speaking in Toronto at the opening of a one-day summit on the Canada-U.S. economic relationship, Trudeau told the gathering of trade, business and labor experts the country must work with the U.S. to avoid tariffs. He also said Canada needs to eliminate internal trade barriers and expand its trade with other nations. This is a moment, said Trudeau. This is a time in our country's history that really matters. Later, local media reported that Trudeau told business leaders at the summit that Trump's comments to make Canada the 51th state are a real thing. Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing. In my conversations with him on, Trudeau said, before the microphone cut out, Canada's public broadcaster CBC reported. Trump on M

Updated On: 08 Feb 2025 | 7:47 AM IST

Bank of Canada Guv says Trump's tariffs threat already having an impact

Bank of Canada said last month the threat of tariffs was making economic projections difficult, but cautioned that a 25 per cent tariff could cause major economic damage

Updated On: 07 Feb 2025 | 9:21 AM IST

Canada to host summit on boosting economy after Trump tariff threat

Trudeau said the one-day meeting would group leaders in trade, business, public policy, and organized labor to build what he called a long-term prosperity agenda

Updated On: 05 Feb 2025 | 10:09 PM IST

Trump's proposed tariffs could mean higher costs for Canadian whisky in US

Brands like Don Julio tequila and Jack Daniel's whiskey from producers like Diageo and Brown-Forman would become more expensive for drinkers if importers hike prices to cover tariff costs

Updated On: 04 Feb 2025 | 9:58 AM IST

President Trump's Canada, Mexico border deals avert trade war for now

Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their agreement Monday in separate social media posts, just hours before the two countries were due to begin placing tariff

Updated On: 04 Feb 2025 | 7:57 AM IST

Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days, but not China

Both Canadian PM Trudeau and Mexican President Sheinbaum said they had agreed to bolster border enforcement efforts in response to Trump's demand to crack down on immigration and drug smuggling

Updated On: 04 Feb 2025 | 6:39 AM IST

Tariff war with US likely to put Canada into recession, say economists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to retaliate on C$155 billion ($105 billion) worth of American-made products will trim real gross domestic product growth by 2 to 4 percentage points

Updated On: 03 Feb 2025 | 10:25 AM IST

Trump's 'tariff thrashing' stimulates crisis response from Canada

Government leaders in Canada also announced more retaliatory measures against the US, and several provinces, including Ontario and Quebec, will remove US products from liquor stores they control

Updated On: 03 Feb 2025 | 10:10 AM IST