Canada cancels joint bridge-opening celebration with US amid trade tensions

Canada has scrapped Friday's joint ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which spans Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. The Guardian reports the cancellation comes after President Trump announced a fifty percent tariff on most Canadian goods, which he says unfairly discriminate against American automobiles, alcohol, and dairy. The trade action escalates tensions between the two neighboring allies.

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