Opening of Canada-US bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved 'issues' (apnews.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 11 Jun 16:50
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The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to unresolved issues.

In a statement released before a scheduled Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said that “Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening of the bridge, taking the necessary time to resolve any outstanding issues.” It didn’t elaborate on what those are.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, jointly owned by Canada and Michigan, was expected to open to traffic later this month. But the opening had been thrown into question after Trump in February demanded in a social media post that Canada turn over at least half of the bridge’s ownership to the U.S. federal government and agree to other unspecified demands in one of the Republican president’s many salvos over cross-border trade issues.

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