Trump hints at possible trade action against Canada, other NATO countries

Following a frosty couple days, U.S. President Donald Trump has once again hinted at a possible trade spat with Canada and other NATO countries that he believes aren’t “putting up their money” on defence spending.

Trump spoke in Washington, D.C. on Thursday in front of representatives ofthe United Nations Security Council and said he had a productive meeting with the leaders of the nine countries who already spend two per cent of their gross domestic product on defence.

“Some (countries are) really not close and we may have to do something with trade,” he said at the meeting. “It’s not fair that they get U.S. protection. They’re not putting up their money.”...

This was excerpted from the 5 December 2019 edition of Global News.