On his way into a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about the bridge. Follow along for live updates.
On his way into a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about the bridge. Follow along for live updates.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada and the U.S. will “immediately” start negotiations over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich.
The New York Times reported the Detroit-based billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge met with a White House official just hours before Trump posted his threat to halt the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan.
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The project was negotiated by former Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and paid for by the Canadian government to help ease congestion over the existing Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor tunnel.
Snyder wrote in an op-ed in The Detroit News on Tuesday that Trump was wrong in asserting that Canada owns both the U.S.- and Canadian sides of the Gordie Howe bridge.
“Canada and the state of Michigan are 50/50 owners of the new bridge,” Snyder wrote. “Canada was wonderful and financed the entire bridge. They will get repaid with interest from the tolls. Michigan and the United States got their half-ownership with no investment.”
The former governor also emphasized that parts of the bridge construction were exempt from “Buy America” requirements for its steel because half of the project was outside the U.S. and subsequently, U.S. law should not apply to them.
“President Trump, I would encourage you to challenge your advisers and the sources for your post to correct the information they have provided,” Snyder wrote in the op-ed. He acknowledged some trade issues with Canada, but “picking this bridge as the leverage point doesn’t seem to make the most sense given your other tools.”