Fighting the bully: Canada hits back against Trump

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has matched US tariffs tit-for-tat, risking further escalation of the conflict with the US. This move comes amid a growing trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa.

According to Daily Maverick, US President Donald Trump said Canadian private jet maker Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell its planes in the United States unless it started manufacturing in the country. Trump stated that Bombardier's products "aren't good enough" and that if they want the US market, they must build there and stop treating America like a "piggybank".

Canada is set to introduce a wave of counter tariffs against the United States. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how Trump would enforce the action or the steps he would take to bar deliveries of Bombardier jets.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Daily Maverick — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.