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  "id": 1808630,
  "title": "Canada braces for 50 percent US tariffs amid last-minute talks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/canada-braces-for-50-percent-us-tariffs-amid-last-minute-talks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T21:32:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6036584-us-canada-tariffs-deadline/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Canada is on guard Tuesday, bracing for the possibility that 50 percent U.S. tariffs will hit its exports to the United States without a trade truce before midnight. If no 11th-hour deal is struck between the U.S. and Canada, Trump has threatened to impose 50 percent tariffs on a plethora of Canadian imports in response...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "EDITORIAL: We were in trouble before Trump’s tariffs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/editorial-we-were-in-trouble-before-trumps-tariffs",
        "published": "2026-08-18T21:24:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump, Carney hold talks as new US tariffs on Canada loom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/trump-carney-hold-talks-as-new-us-tariffs-on-canada-loom",
        "published": "2026-08-18T21:35:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}