US EditionJoly off to Washington to talk tariffs with Rubio as Trump floats 5% target for NATO
- Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will discuss tariffs with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington next week after Trump threatened 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports starting Feb. 1.
- Joly stated that discussions with Rubio have been constructive, emphasizing the geopolitical impacts of the tariff threat on both nations.
- Trump reiterated calls for NATO allies, including Canada, to spend five percent of their GDP on defense, a target not currently met by any NATO country.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau highlighted Canada's commitment to military spending increases and stated that the goal is to remove tariffs quickly, not manage them long-term.
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Challenge for NATO Nations After Trump, Rutte Suggest Higher Target for Defense Spending
News Analysis Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said this week that U.S. President Donald Trump is right to request members of the alliance spend at least 5 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. “If Ukraine loses, then to restore the deterrence of the rest of NATO again, it will be a much, much higher price than what we are contemplating at this moment in terms of ramping up our s…
Grenell participated by teleconference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, having a conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Dutchman, who, as the leader of a country that has not yet reached the 2% of GDP threshold for defense, suddenly became one of the proponents of moving to 5% of GDP for defense, recently telling MEPs that otherwise, should learn Russian or move to New Zealand. “I think there will be great opposition in Am…
Rangel expects “an intense negotiation with the United States to seek solutions that benefit both parties and that, therefore, are not harmful to just one”.
Trump NATO defense spending
President Donald Trump has called on NATO member nations to raise their defense contributions to five percent of their gross domestic product (GDP). Speaking virtually at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump argued that the current two-percent goal is outdated and unfair to the United States. “I’m also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP, which is what it should ha…
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