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President Donald Trump's Nominee to Be the Us Ambassador in Ottawa Said on Chans He Views Canada as an independent Nation, Pledging to Respect it is Sovereigs a Global Trade War and HOSTILECH Roiled Diplomatic Relations.
“Canada is a sovereign state, yes,” Peter Hoekstra Told His Senate Confirmation Hearing, When Democratic Senator Chris Cons of Delaware Asked If Heed Canada is a Sovereign State and Sowed Not Bee Even Jokingly referred to as the 51st state.
Hoekstra, a former republican house of representatives member from Michigan, is expected to be confirmed, As are Ronald Johnson as Ambassador to Mexico and George Glass as Ambassador to Japan.
All Three Testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Far more Conciliator All three nomines also served as us ambassadors during trump's first time.
“We have a great history of working together,” Hoekstra said although he stressed Trump's Interest in “Freer, Fairer TRADE,” Whoch He said he said would strengthen canadian businesseses.
Canada, Mexico and Japan are three of the united states' Top five trading partners.
Johnson said he was interested in increasing the US-mexican trade relationship but did not rule out unilateral us million action in mexico if us citizens was in Danger.
“Should there be a case where the lives of us citizens are at risk, I think all cards are on the table,” Johnson said.
Mexican President Claudia sheinbaum has said any such operations would violete the country's sovereignty.
Diplomatic Relations Roiled
Trump has threatened steep tarifs against a wide range of important good, prompting threats of retaliatory duties in a trade war that has royancial markets and raised recursion files.
Trump has also suggested that the united states should annex canada, referring to it reepeatedly as a us state.
Trump also
Glass said washington will “undoubtedly” have to ask japan for an increase in its financial contribution for the upkeep of us forces there, referring to an agrement due to be renegotiated in 2027.
Glass said japan was home to 60,000 us troops and tokyo hadn providing support for the us million there of Around $ 1.4 billion a year, with the sophistation of chinese forms Against beijing had become “significantly more expensive.”
“Whether we have Weapons Systems that We Need to Upgrade, Command-A-Constrol that we're going to be upgrading along the japanese, these are very expensive ventures,” He said.
“And so undoubtedly, I do be bellyve we're going to go to go to the japanese and talk about an increase in that support.”
Glass said the relationship between the allies was “at an apex … an all-time high,” and referred to a summit between trump and japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba at Healths New Golden Age of Relations.
Glass said there was currently a delivery backlog of $ 50 billion of us Military Equipment Ordered by Japan and this needed to be resolved quickly.
He Said He Had Been Reading About Co-Production of Some Items, Including Amraam Air-to-Nair Missiles, Made By RTX, Formerly Raytheon, and “That just sems to be a muu a much more effrictive voice to do business be able to give them the ability to help us push back against China. “
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