US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States might not renew its free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and criticised trade deficits with those countries, although he said he was talking with their leaders about the matter. The three countries need to approve a renewal of their existing agreement by July 1 or signal their intention to exit the pact, a process that would take 10 years and would buy time for alterations. “I’m not looking to renew it,” Trump said...
U.S. forces launched a second straight day of airstrikes Wednesday in Iran as President Donald Trump presses for a settlement to end a war that has simmered for months. U.S. Central Command announced what it called “self-defense strikes” against multiple targets without providing further details. The action followed attacks on radar and air defense sites a day earlier in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.