By Glen Hallick
Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dispatched Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to Florida on Friday to meet with top aides for United States President-elect Donald Trump. LeBlanc and Joly will discuss Trump’s threat to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all goods the U.S. imports from Canada effective Jan. 20. In recent weeks, the Canadian government has taken measures to meet Trump’s demands of slowing the flow of migrants to the U.S. as well as fentanyl.
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- The U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention stated on Friday that a patient in Louisiana with a severe case of avian influenza showed signed of the H5N1 virus mutating. Initially, the CDC said the patient contracted bird flu from handling sick and dead birds, but it’s now stated the strain the person contracted wasn’t from birds. As, well, the CDC said this could lead to humans possibly becoming more susceptible to bird flu.
- South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo, who’s also serving as acting president. Less than two weeks ago, the parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers after he imposed martial law and quickly rescinded the order. Han stated he accepts Parliament’s decision. Deputy PM Choi Sang-mok, who is also the country’s finance minister, is now the acting president.
- Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino denounced claims made by Trump that there are Chinese military personnel stationed at the Panama Canal. Trump recently boasted he would take back the canal built and operated 1914 to 1977 by the U.S. and then jointly-controlled it with Panama until 1999. The incoming president accused Panama of charging exorbitant fees on vessels passing through the waterway.
