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Britain strikes first deal to cut Trump tariffs

Farmers welcome no weakening of import standards in US-UK deal

The United States and Britain will announce a deal to lower tariffs on some goods on Thursday, the first such agreement since U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a global trade war with universal levies.





A truck at the U.S. – Canada border. PHOTO: FILE

Canada’s trade deficit narrows in March

Exports to U.S. dropped 6.6 per cent, almost compensated by exports to rest of the world

Canada's trade deficit narrowed to C$506 million in March, beating expectations as imports fell at a faster rate than the drop in exports, data showed on Tuesday.