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ABC News Live Prime: August 27, 2026World

President Trump escalates his trade war with Canada, while the jury begins deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Ultra-nationalist Israeli settlers continue harassing Palestinians in the West Bank.

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Is the US about to lose a multi-billion-dollar deal?World

As the trade war between Trump and Carney intensifies, calls are mounting for Canada to drop its agreement to buy 88 US-made F-35 stealth fighters. The deal took years to negotiate and is worth tens of billions of dollars. Canada also needs the aircraft to replace its aging CF-18 fleet, bolster Arctic defence and support its NORAD role.

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US-Canada trade war hits Michigan businesses as tariffs drive up costsEconomy

The escalating US-Canada trade dispute is squeezing small businesses along the border. Michigan woodworking company Howard Family Designs, which depends on Canadian lumber, says new US tariffs of up to 50 percent on $20bn of Canadian exports have raised prices and cost it customers and workers. Canada plans matching tariffs within two weeks.

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Trump’s ‘Lake America’ order deepens Canada-US rift amid trade warPolitics

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” further souring relations between Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government and the White House. Canadian officials are rejecting the declaration, while Canada’s retaliation strategy in the ongoing trade war faces scrutiny.

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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” The move escalates his trade war with Canada as the war in Iran continues and concerns grow about rising prices in the United States.

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Trump orders Lake Ontario renamed ‘Lake America’Politics

President Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America,” NBC News reports. The move comes as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies.

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Trump renames Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade warPolitics

US President Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario to be called Lake America in US federal records as trade tensions with Canada intensify after negotiations collapsed. Canadian officials rejected the move, while Prime Minister Mark Carney defended the lake’s historic name. The order cannot bind Canada, private companies or US states.

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Minister: Focus on supporting Canadians, not Trump | Power & PoliticsPolitics

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America and called Canadian trade negotiators “nasty people.” Power & Politics speaks with Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu and auto-parts representative Flavio Volpe about the latest episode in the ongoing trade war between the neighbouring countries.

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Trump makes good on threat to rename Lake OntarioPolitics

Days after Canada retaliated against 50 per cent U.S. tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump escalated the trade war again by issuing an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. The Power & Politics panel discusses the move and its implications for the future of Canada-U.S. relations.

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'The Five': Will Lake America stick?Politics

'The Five' co-hosts discuss the trade dispute between Canada and the United States and whether the proposed name 'Lake America' will last.

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Trump Renames Lake Ontario | Radio Balance of Power: Early EditionPolitics

Bloomberg’s early edition of Balance of Power examines the latest developments from the Trump administration, including Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. The program also covers market activity after Nvidia’s earnings and the Texas Senate race.

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Who is winning the US-Canada trade war? | BBC AmericastPolitics

The US-Canada trade war has intensified after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ended negotiations on a new trade deal with Washington and announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on hundreds of American goods. The discussion considers how Canada is responding and whether the dispute could create a political problem for Trump ahead of the midterms. It also remembers musical legend Dolly Parton, who died aged 80.

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Canada removes counter-tariffs on U.S. seafood one day after announcing themEconomy

Canada has removed seafood and fish products from its list of goods facing retaliatory, dollar-for-dollar tariffs on the United States, just one day after announcing the measures. Producers in Atlantic Canada had warned that the potential levies could threaten an industry closely tied to the U.S.

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Trump renames Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Speaking beside maps of the Great Lakes, Trump said the change took effect immediately and that his staff had submitted the required paperwork. A White House aide claimed most of the lake’s volume and its deepest parts are in the United States.

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Can Trump rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’?Politics

President Trump signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” NBC News examines the order and whether the president actually has the authority to change the body of water’s name internationally.

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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the USPolitics

President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the United States while escalating his trade war with Canada. He signed an executive order Thursday directing the U.S. geographic naming service to update the lake’s name.

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