Mr Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st US state. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticised Britain’s invitation to Mr Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the US President’s talk of annexing Canada.

Mr Starmer, who is trying to improve trading ties with the US after Britain left the European Union, has sought to play to its strengths when dealing with Mr Trump, talking up its security expertise, pledging higher defence spending, and offering the pomp and pageantry that comes with a state visit.

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Let’s not forget that Starmer capitulated on the trade war.

    He gets: • to still pay with an uneven playing field that benefits the US(import taxes) • to only bring in a limited amount of UK cars to the US market, instead of the previous unlimited amount. • to hurt the UK beef industry by accepting in the US’ frankly atrocious beef, which will be dumped in below cost to UK farmers due to the lack of quality controls on US beef.

    Yeah great preliminary deal.