Canada to boost border security amid Trump tariff threat: What to know
Al JazeeraNOV 2024
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The proposed tariffs would cause economic harm to both nations while unfairly equating Canada's border situation with Mexico's vastly different circumstances. The threat ignores the fact that border encounters and drug seizures at the northern border are just a fraction of those at the southern border.