Musk Is Ready to Allow Starlink for Ukrainian Drones in Russia — Financial Times – UA.NEWS
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White House says deal to take control of Venezuelan oil will rely on North American Blue Energy Partners– www.cbsnews.com
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The Trump administration’s plan to take a stake in tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves will hinge on a private company called North American Blue Energy Partners, the White House announced Monday, offering more details on the agreement.
Under the deal, the Venezuelan government granted 100-year concessions to NABEP to drill in 17 oil fields, the White House said in a fact sheet released late Monday. Those oil fields contain about 65 billion barrels, roughly one-fifth of Venezuela’s total proven oil reserves.
The U.S. Defense Department will be granted a 35% stake in the company, according to the White House. The State Department will then have the right to buy 20% of NABEP’s output at the cost of production, and it will have the right of first refusal to buy everything else.
Run by Venezuelan executive Alejandro Betancourt, NABEP describes itself as Venezuela’s second-largest private oil producer, pumping more than 200,000 barrels of oil per day.
In a statement confirming the structure of the deal, NABEP said it is aiming to increase daily production in the near-term to over 1 million barrels. (By comparison, the U.S. consumed about 20.6 million barrels of petroleum daily last year, according to government figures.)
RNC bans CBC from midterm convention over memo saying 9/11 wasn’t ‘terror attack’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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The RNC sent a letter to the Canadian state-funded news network denying their press credentials for the two-day Dallas event.
The Republican National Committee is holding a midterm convention next week in September, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is not invited. The RNC sent a letter to the Canadian state-funded news network denying their press credentials for the two-day Dallas event.
At issue for the RNC was a recent leaked memo sent out by CBC Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust saying that the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States should not be referred to as a “terrorist attack.” In a memo sent to CBC staff from Basem Boshra, reporters were told, “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks” unless they were attributing the comment to another person.
This means reporters and editors were not to take as fact that the attacks were terrorism. “The hijackings led to passenger jet crashes in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania and Manhattan. The World Trade Center (WTC in second reference) was destroyed. (The September 11 Digital Archive is an excellent resource for details about the attacks. It was created by several U.S. universities, historical societies and foundations,” Boshra told staff. Warren Kinsella revealed the memo in the Toronto Sun.
The backlash was so severe that Boshra had to reverse course and wrote a post on the editor’s blog, saying “After reviewing our current language guidance, we have decided to adjust it to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism.” He said in the post that the memo “has caused significant concern, anger and hurt for many people who believe CBC News seeks to minimize or obscure the horror of that day and who was behind it” and that this was “the last thing we want to do.”
Breaking: US Forces Decimate Iranian Launchers, Stop IRGC’s Attempted Retaking of Hormuz– www.westernjournal.com
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Military action returned to the Persian Gulf Sunday as American forces attacked Iranian rocket launchers.
“I can confirm that earlier today U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of Hormuz,” a U.S. official said, according to Reuters.
The attack was the first from the United States since late July.
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Last week, U.S. Central Command cleared mines from the strait’s international shipping routes, according to Fox News.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the U.S. strike killed and wounded several Iranian soldiers and civilians and said in a statement that the “terrorist enemy’s aggression on Larak Island will be met with punishment for the aggressor.”
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“The American-Zionist adversary, once more acting out of frustration over its domestic challenges and waning influence in the region, aims to resurrect its malevolent presence and sway public perception,” the statement read.
The Guardian reported that what appeared to be a retaliatory strike on U.S. forces in Jordan failed, with all missiles intercepted.
Florida bans Flock cameras days after a sheriff’s deputy resigns for misusing AI cameras to track ex-girlfriend– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Florida bans Flock cameras that can read license plates amid a major row over privacy.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he is removing Flock cameras from state roadways. The order said all Flock cameras were to be removed from what he calls the “state highway system” within the next 30 days, which would include interstates like I-10 and I-75. That order led to several sheriff’s departments like in Franklin, Liberty and Putnam Counties to announce they’re ending their own license plate reader programs. After 30 days, if there are Flock cameras still found on some roads, Florida’s Department of Transportation will take them down. The memo also said that Flock cameras will not get permits in Florida in the future as well.Citing the cases of cops stalking their ex-girlfriends using the surveillance system, Ron DeSantis said his administration is pro-law enforcement. “But, you also have to say, okay, how could this be misused? And how could a private company misuse the data, but also law enforcement? We know there was an officer in Florida who was using the LPR data to track like an ex-girlfriend or something like that,” DeSantis said.
Morning Greatness: Trump, AI Investors Wage Campaign to Save Data Centers › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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Tehran urges return to June deal, Trump vows to hit Iran ‘hard’– www.cnbc.com
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Oil prices extended gains Tuesday as traders mulled the threat of escalation, following the resumption of U.S.-Iran military strikes and more turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz.
A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting Hormuz on Monday, according to an incident report from the the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, were up 1.6% to $91.90 a barrel by 8:19 a.m. ET. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures added 2% to $87.48 per barrel.
The tanker was sailing in the southern shipping lane close to the Omani coast, the UKMTO said, adding that no casualties were reported.
Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on Monday in retaliation for the U.S. strike on its Larak Island. American forces targeted two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, reportedly killing three, saying that Tehran intended to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Hormuz Strait.
China says Anthropic has a disease, American AI companies can’t dictate rules for rest of the world – India Today– news.google.com
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Bond market in open revolt as Trump declines Iranian peace deal and oil hits $92 a barrel– fortune.com
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President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to own majority control of Venezuelan oilfields harks back to a century-old era of colonialism and backroom dealmaking with Venezuelan oilmen and politicians, energy and geopolitical analysts told Fortune’s Jordan Blum.
“If the U.S. scheme in Venezuela sounds colonial, that’s because it is,” said Gregory Brew, senior analyst with the Eurasia Group. “This is the Trump administration trying to increase U.S. revenue from Venezuelan oil production. It’s extremely unusual. It’s probably unprecedented in the history of the international oil industry.”
Under the deal, the U.S. would control more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela.
The agreement would give the U.S. Department of Defense a 55% stake in the private Venezuelan oil producer North American Blue Energy Partners. NABEP is controlled by the Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt López and his family. López has fostered close relationships with both the Trump and Rodríguez administrations.
“From a certain angle, this looks like an insider deal to profit businessmen who are close to Delcy and who are also close to Trump and his inner circle,” Brew told Fortune.
California lawmakers pass bill allowing people to identify their Jewish ancestry on state forms– abcnews.com
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would allow Jews to voluntarily identify their Jewish heritage on state forms under a bill the state Assembly passed Monday.
The bill, which needs a final vote in the Legislature to head to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, would require state agencies that collect demographic information to add “Jewish” as an option for ethnicity or ancestry. The goal is to give state officials and researchers better data on Jewish Californians, including their unemployment rates and representation in schools.
The data would enable lawmakers to create policies that address the needs of Jews in the state, said David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, an advocacy group.
“It’s about inclusion as a community,” Bocarsly said, noting the Legislature has passed laws in recent years to collect more inclusive demographic data on Middle Eastern, North African and LGBTQ+ communities.
Some opponents of the bill are worried about the idea of the state collecting such data given the traumatic history of the Nazi government keeping records of Jews during the Holocaust. The proposal would bar agencies from disclosing “personal identifying information,” and bill author Henry Stern, a Democratic state senator who is Jewish, said California already has robust privacy protections that should assuage those concerns.
Sydney Levy of Jewish Voice for Peace, a progressive anti-Zionist group, wasn’t convinced by that argument.
Canada’s anti-American boycott goes so far it targets California wine: ‘These Canadians hate us so much’– www.theblaze.com
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Ontario officials are cracking down on American alcohol so aggressively that even a grocery store display of California wine sparked a government response after a citizen tipped off local media.
“We were alerted to this by a viewer who said a store in Kemptville had set up a full display in the front of the beer and wine section, prominently selling wine from California,” CTV News anchor Dylan Dyson reported.
“I saw the wine on display this morning, and within hours of contacting Loblaw, the dusty U.S. bottles were pulled from the shelves once again.
“When CTV News reached out to Loblaw, the parent company of the independent grocer chain, it said the wine was put on the shelves without the approval of the store owner,” he continued.
“And once identified, it was removed immediately,” he added.
“I don’t know why they would do it,” one resident told cameras in response to the store having American wine on their shelves.
Ontario’s minister of finance responded as well, saying, “We have been clear — US alcohol will remain off shelves. We expect all retailers, including this grocer, to follow the rules.”
According to the CTV News Ottawa report, the incident helped in “reigniting shoppers’ patriotism amid trade tensions with Donald Trump and the United States.”
“If these Canadians hate us so much, why not boycott all 30,000 American businesses that dominate your craphole country? You know why they won’t?” BlazeTV host Pat Gray asks.
“Because they can’t. They’re far too dependent on us to actually put their money where their inflated egos are,” he adds.
Gray notes that Canada is also dependent on the U.S. for protection.
China warns of ‘consequences’ for Taiwan after Taipei envoys attend leaders summit– abcnews.com
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KOROR, Palau — China warned of “consequences” for Taiwan after officials from Beijing and Taipei attended a ceremonial event at a Pacific leaders summit, where major powers already had been urged to restrain from turning a meeting of mostly small island countries into a geopolitical sideshow.
The 18 member states and territories of the Pacific Islands Forum, which opened its annual summit in Palau’s largest city Koror on Monday, do not include China, the United States or Taiwan. However, battles for influence over the lucrative oceans and strategically important locations of the forum’s members this week threatened, as they have before, to overshadow its summit.
Some theater was expected at this year’s event because the host country, a western Pacific island nation next to the Philippines that has close ties to the U.S., is among the 11 countries and the Vatican that recognize Taiwan, which Beijing says is a part of China.
Several Pacific leaders didn’t attend this year’s event. While some absences were due to ill health or politics at home and signaled in advance, analysts speculated others might be missing due to pressure from Beijing.
Ahead of the summit, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. hosted joint events with Taiwan’s representative, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung, and at the opening ceremony placed the envoys from Beijing and Taipei in the same row, although they were in separate blocks of seats.
Nepal deaths cross 1,000 as rescuers continue search for hundreds trapped in tunnels — RT World News– www.rt.com
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About 4,000 people remain missing seven days after a devastating flash flood hit the country’s northern border regions with China
Rescue teams in Nepal continue to search water-logged hydropower tunnels in the country’s north, where hundreds of workers remain unaccounted for seven days after a flash flood devastated areas near the border with China.
The death toll has risen to 1,003, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said on Tuesday afternoon.
Nearly 4,000 people remain unaccounted for, the country’s Foreign Ministry said, adding about 590 foreign nationals from 39 countries are among them. Some 11,800 have been rescued.
As the authorities try to bring relief and supplies to survivors , rescue teams are racing to locate the hundreds believed trapped in the 12-13 tunnels of the many hydroelectric projects dotting the Trishuli river corridor.
The NDRRMA has listed 639 people associated with the hydropower projects as missing. But the authorities have not been able to establish how many of those could be inside the tunnels or may have been swept away.
Canadian growers forced to sell due to labor shortage – verticalfarmdaily.com
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Chipmaker sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ designation – Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
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Trump praises China for being ‘relatively inactive’ in Strait of Hormuz crisis – scmp.com
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Watch: Trump Posts A.I. Video of Iran’s Kharg Island ‘Blown to Smithereens’– www.breitbart.com
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President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a ten-second A.I.-generated video of Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal being “blown to smithereens,” as he put it, shortly after the first U.S. airstrikes against Iran in a month. None of the actual strikes was confirmed to have targeted Kharg Island.
Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-run National Iranian Oil Company, said on Monday that Trump’s tweet was “laughable,” and “conditions in Kharg are calm and appropriate.”
Bovard claimed the Kharg Island oil facility remains operational, workers are repairing damage from previous strikes, and the facilities are being modernized. About 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports normally pass through Kharg Island.
U.S. warplanes struck Iranian forces on Sunday as they were preparing to deploy more mines into the Strait of Hormuz, following the surprising revelation by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday that most of the mines previously deployed by Iran had been quietly disarmed and cleared by American personnel.
The targets for Sunday’s airstrikes include two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, which is located off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Larak Island is hundreds of miles from Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil loading terminal in the Persian Gulf.
Here’s the Iran Question That Caused Trump to Blow Up at This Reporter Today– townhall.com
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Can we please end this silly game? Someone today asked if President Trump nuking Iran was still on the table? It’s like the annoying hover parent who doesn’t listen; like this journalist doesn’t need a pen and pad — she needs a frying pan to the back of her head. If we were going to launch nuclear strikes against Iran, which was never a serious discussion, it would’ve been done already.
A 12-year-old playing any basic real-time strategy game would know that. Like, what are we even doing here?
“What a stupid question.”
President Trump fires back at a reporter who asked whether he has ruled out using a nuclear weapon against Iran.
“They’re totally defeated militarily. So now I defeat them, and now I should use a nuclear weapon on top of them? What a stupid question.” pic.twitter.com/4yDEgX7cOe
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 31, 2026
How Massive Chinese Military Shakeup Complicates India’s Assessment of PLA Intentions Along the LAC – Defence.in
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US brings back Russia’s Siluanov to G20 finance talks, angering Europe | Russia-Ukraine war News– www.aljazeera.com
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Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has made a surprise appearance at United States-hosted G20 finance talks in North Carolina, sparking frustration and dismay among European ministers and officials.
Siluanov’s appearance at the talks in Asheville on Monday marks the first time the minister, who was appointed in 2011, has attended a G20 meeting in person since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
He held a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with Russia’s Ministry of Finance saying the two men discussed financial cooperation within the G20 framework.
A US official said the meeting focused on US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine.
Asked about the invitation to Siluanov, Trump told reporters: “We like getting along with everybody. One of the reasons I’m so successful, I get along with everybody.”
European officials, however, criticised the move.
Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said he was unhappy to see Moscow represented, although he recognised the right of G20 hosts to invite guests.
“We do not trust Russia. They lie constantly, and you need to be really, really cautious while discussing with them,” he told the Reuters news agency, stressing that Russia was the aggressor in its conflict with Ukraine.
“So for me, it would be very difficult to have any kind of conversation with Russia.”
Australian judge floats giving court-appointed expert access to Tesla’s engineering systems– www.channelnewsasia.com
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SYDNEY: An Australian judge said he may order Tesla to give an independent expert access to its internal engineering platforms as part of a class action against the Elon Musk-led carmaker, a move designed to bypass a drawn-out discovery process that has dogged the case.
The lawsuit, filed in February 2025, alleges Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles suffer from “phantom braking” and that the advertised self-driving capability and battery range were overstated.
Federal Court judge Tom Thawley suggested appointing an independent expert after lawyers for the applicants, representing some 10,000 Tesla owners, complained the documents Tesla had turned over failed to capture crucial technical information they needed to run the case.
Bringing in an independent expert who was endorsed by both sides “would eliminate the discovery issue because they would have, if they needed access to something, the power to get access”, Thawley told the court on Tuesday (Sep 1).
He added that he would not necessarily keep the court-appointed expert away from certain material “just because one of the parties doesn’t like that idea”.
The matter is yet to go to trial as the parties clash over the discovery process.
Trump’s ‘Lake America’ troll exposes Canadian progressives’ hypocrisy– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — On August 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to refer, henceforth, to Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” Google Maps promptly obeyed; Americans now see “Lake America” and Canadians “Lake Ontario”; the Geographic Names Information System, the official U.S. repository of geographic names, also registered the update.
Trump’s move came in the wake of the collapse of U.S.-Canadian trade talks and features his signature childish style of revenge, a trollish pettiness that can be humorous in a commentator but embarrassing in a leader of the free world. But as many commenters were swift to point out, it wasn’t Trump who started the name-changing trend.
Ironically, liberal comedian Bill Maher — who loathes Trump — was one of the first to point this out. “Trump is so mad at Canada he renamed Lake Ontario, Lake America,” he told his audience last week. “Now I gotta buy a new globe, again! It’s like the fifth time it’s happened. Liberals are very pissed at this, they say you can’t just go around renaming things to suit your political agenda. Just ask any LatinX birthing person.”
Liberals are so mad at President Trump for renaming Lake Ontario. You can’t just go around renaming things for your political whim. Just ask any birthing person. 👇 pic.twitter.com/7MsNwQoyiA
— John-Henry Westen (@JhWesten) August 29, 2026
Meta Is Losing a $1.4 Trillion Battle Over the Design of Its Apps — and This Is Only the Beginning – finance.biggo.com
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Trump opens the door to review the support of the US to the United Kingdom regarding the Falklands – Demócrata
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Trump Says US Reviewing Its Position On UK-Controlled Falkland Islands– www.ndtv.com
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US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing the United States’ position on the Falkland Islands.
US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing the United States’ position on the Falkland Islands, the remote British-ruled archipelago in the South Atlantic.
“I always review every position. That’s just one of many,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the islands’ sovereignty.
Trump did not signal if the review would change the United States’ position on sovereignty, which has generally avoided taking sides since 1982.
Argentina, led by Trump-ally Javier Milei, has also claimed sovereignty over the islands.
A potential US shift was included among a range of options considered by the Pentagon earlier this year to pressure NATO allies it believes failed to support US military operations in the war with Iran.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Donald Trump Asks Apple To Change Lake Ontario Name To ‘Lake America’ On Its Maps Amid Trade Tensions With Canada– www.ndtv.com
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US President Donald Trump has asked Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps app, his administration’s interior chief said Monday, days after signing an executive order over the body of water now in the spotlight amid his escalating trade war with Canada.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox’s “Mornings with Maria” program that Trump “reached out to Apple directly.” He said he was confident the “Lake America” name could be seen on its platform soon.
Apple did not immediately comment in response. Only the Lake Ontario name appeared on its platform as of Monday afternoon, although the label notably hovered above Canada’s water border.
Just over the weekend, competitor Google Maps rolled out the new “Lake America” name for US users looking at the body of water that sits between the state of New York and Canada’s Ontario province. The company cited the recent order by Trump, and its already-established practice of using names assigned by the US Geographic Names Information System, also known as GNIS.
“People using Maps in the US will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the US and Canada will see both names,” Google said in a brief statement on Saturday, reiterating that such updates “follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country.”
Trump declared the new “Lake America” name last week — marking one of the latest provocations during his trade war with Canada that is now hiking tariffs on both sides of the border. His executive order on Friday directed the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the US geographic naming service.
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Iran proposes ‘mutual security, non-aggression pact’ among Muslim states – PressTV
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Canada Announces Major Retaliatory Measures Against the US– www.westernjournal.com
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Canada escalated its brewing trade conflict with the United States on Tuesday by issuing retaliatory tariffs that match America dollar for dollar, while also raising rates on steel products.
Minister of National Revenue of Canada François-Philippe Champagne announced the tariffs, saying, “Canada must respond, and today we are, in a proportionate, targeted, and strategic way. Today I’m announcing that Canada will match the United States’ tariffs, dollar for dollar, rate for rate.”
Minister of National Revenue of Canada François-Philippe Champagne announces retaliatory tariffs: “Canada must respond, and today we are…Canada will match the U.S. tariffs, dollar for dollar, rate for rate.” pic.twitter.com/EOxaAjGhEB
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 25, 2026
“Effective Sept. 8, Canada will impose counter-tariffs of up to 15, 25, or 50 percent on $27.6 billion in imports from the United States of America,” he added.
Canada’s Department of Finance said on its website that the tariffs will “focus on sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.”
