The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said he had suspended the 50% import tariff on products from Canada that would come into force this Wednesday (19). The break is valid for three days, the American leader said on Tuesday (18), in a publication on the Truth Social network.
Trump suspends tariffs against Canada for three days and mentions possibility of agreement
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said he had suspended the 50% import tariff on products from Canada that would come into force this Wednesday (19). The break is valid for three days, the American leader said on Tuesday...
Trump justified the decision by stating that the two countries "have an AGREEMENT", still subject to "finalization of the documents". "The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long buried by 'Sleepy Joe Biden', may be awakened from the tomb!" Trump said, referring to a pipeline project between Alberta, Canada, and Steele City, Nebraska, in the United States.
- The venture was shelved in 2021, during the government of then-president Joe Biden.
- Lula adopts reciprocity and says that the US taxes the country 'based on lies' The measures were announced after tariffs imposed by the US government on Brazilian products, which reach...
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Trump justified the decision by stating that the two countries "have an AGREEMENT", still subject to "finalization of the documents".
"The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long buried by 'Sleepy Joe Biden', may be awakened from the tomb!" Trump said, referring to a pipeline project between Alberta, Canada, and Steele City, Nebraska, in the United States. The venture was shelved in 2021, during the government of then-president Joe Biden.
Lula adopts reciprocity and says that the US taxes the country 'based on lies'
The measures were announced after tariffs imposed by the US government on Brazilian products, which reach 37.5%. The Reciprocity Law, unanimously approved by Congress and sanctioned by Lula in 2025, allows Brazil to apply measures, restrictions or tariffs equivalent to those it suffered to another country.