Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
- Canadian officials remain in discussions with the U.S. government to remove tariffs on Canadian imports as the trade war enters its third day. “Our goal is to get these tariffs — all tariffs — removed,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.
- Two South Korean fighter jets taking part in a joint live-fire exercise with the U.S. military accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area on Thursday, injuring eight people, said officials. The bombs fell outside of a firing range in Pocheon, a South Korean city close to the North Korean border.
- European leaders are holding an emergency summit in Brussels Thursday to discuss security issues, including support for Ukraine, amid the mounting possibility of disengagement from NATO and the EU by the Trump administration. French President Emmanuel Macron put forward the possibility of using France’s nuclear arsenal to protect the continent from Russian threats.
