US-Canada trade talks stopped until certain taxes dropped, Trump tells Fox News
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. trade talks with Canada will be stopped "until such time as they drop certain taxes," President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
Trump made the remarks in an interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" program.
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