Canada turns its critical minerals into leverage against Trump
- A U.S.-U.K. nonprofit warned that the U.S. could coerce Canada into supplying critical minerals by leveraging its economic influence over Canada's natural resource industries.
- Canada's Energy Minister Tim Hodgson embraces critical minerals as powerful negotiation cards with the U.S. and is visiting mineral producers to demonstrate their importance.
- Canada refuses to share critical minerals as an asset with the U.S. following President Trump's trade deficit threats and misrepresentations, as reported by Politico.
- Trump warned that if the U.S. stops trading with Canada, 95 percent of Canada's trade could be wiped out, highlighting tensions over mineral supplies and trade relationships.
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Canada hits Trump with drunken frat-boy movie threat: 'I don't get mad, I get even'
Canada slapped back at President Donald Trump as he made bizarre threats about trade deficits, a new report shows.Canada will no longer discuss sharing critical minerals as an asset with the United States, Politico reported Saturday.“I don’t get mad," Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson reportedly said. "I get even."Hodgson — referencing the drunken frat-boy classic "Animal House" — was referring to the North Coast Transmission Lin…
Canada Turns Its Critical Minerals Into Leverage
“Canada is no longer talking about critical minerals as an asset to share with the United States, as it slaps back at the Trump administration in its bitterly escalating trade war,” Politico reports. Said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson: “I don’t get mad, I get even.”
Canada is preparing to use its critical mines as bargaining power against Washington amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the request for special access, while Energy and Natural Resources Secretary Tim Hodgson called the country's mineral resources an “incredible trump card” in the negotiations.
Canada is tightening its position in the trade dispute with the United States and is beginning to view critical minerals and energy resources as strategic levers in relation to Washington.
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