Donald Trump threatens to try and take back the Panama Canal – National

Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Panama’s conservative president José Raúl Mulino, who…

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Ottawa fiscal update mired in uncertainty amid tariff fears, Freeland exit – National

The Liberal government’s fall economic statement arrived in a cloud of controversy Monday after Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt resignation as the minister of finance. The fall fiscal update will largely see the federal government look inward for growth opportunities as the spectre of United States president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist policies loom large over the Canadian economy….

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