Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not open to lifting Canada’s full package of retaliatory tariffs if US President Donald Trump leaves any tariffs on Canada in place, according to a senior Canadian government official.
Trudeau’s government is cool to the idea of a “middle ground” settlement in the trade war floated by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. In particular, any scenario where Canada has to fully rescind its retaliatory tariffs in return for a partial rollback of American tariffs will be rejected by the Canadian prime minister, said the official, speaking on condition they not be identified.
Canada Won’t Scrap Tariffs Unless Trump Lifts All US Levies, Official Says - Bloomberg
Senators Tell Elon Musk DOGE Federal Cuts Must Be Approved By Congress
Sen. Graham says he's in line with Rand Paul's push for DOGE cuts to be voted on in a rescissions package "There's a political element to this we're missing… We're losing altitude here" Says he thinks Musk was surprised to learn of rescissions process. Musk pumped his fists. Graham also said he could understand why veterans would get "rattled" by reading press reports about 80k layoffs at the VA. Said he didn't want to be reading about it in the press & wants to hear from Doug Collins directly on it
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