Canada recommends businesses avoid trade with West Bank settlements

Canada has advised businesses to avoid trade with West Bank settlements, citing that they are illegal and a significant obstacle to peace. According to Haaretz, Ottawa urges companies to avoid investments, purchases, and tourism linked to settlements. This advisory comes as Canada's criticism of Israel intensifies over Gaza and settler violence.

The Canadian government's stance on West Bank settlements is clear, but there is no information on how this will affect trade relations with Israel or other countries.

Canada and the US have a significant trade relationship, with the US accounting for roughly 70 per cent of Canadian exports. There have been recent tensions between the two countries, with the US imposing new tariffs on Canadian goods and Canada retaliating with its own tariffs. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that Canada would be "foolish" to think it could win a trade war with the US, predicting a "devastating" impact on Canada.

Brief written by urgent.news from Haaretz, Global News, South China Morning Post, The Hill, Free Malaysia Today — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.