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Days before the federal election and after more than a week without commenting on Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump resurfaced his 51st state rhetoric Wednesday afternoon and suggested he could further raise auto tariffs. The president was speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, when he repeated his false claim that the United States "subsidizes" Canada to the tune of $200 billion US a year. "I have to be honest, as a state it works great," Trump said. "Ninety-five per cent of what they do is they buy from us and they sell to us." The comments come as the Canadian federal election had become less focused on U.S. economic and sovereignty threats and as the Liberal lead over the Conservative Party has tightened in the past week.  

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos from 27.5% to 15%, as Washington moves to implement a trade pact with Tokyo. The decision follows weeks of negotiations after both nations unveiled the agreement in late July, though initial confusion arose when higher tariffs were imposed in early August.  Trump Signs Order to Slash Japanese Auto Tariffs to…

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