On Friday afternoon, President Trump, in his words, "terminat[ed]" the current trade talks the U.S. and Canada have been having on tariffs, effective immediately." 

Remarkably it was just 11 days ago when the president was forced by his duties as America's commander in chief to cut short his attendance at the G7 summit in Canada, readers might recall. Although, the U.S. contingent remained behind, and chalked up a trade deal with one of our allies, the United Kingdom.

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On the Other Hand, Trump Did Strike a Deal With the UK While in Canada

Now, Canadian officials have acted in a way that the Trump administration had decided to react on in return. As I said, on Friday Trump made the announcement of the end of negotiations through a post on his Truth Social account.