This week brought six separate stories about countries buying weapons: Turkey raising its defence budget 229% for 2027, Switzerland admitting mistakes in its F-35 jet purchase, Ukraine joining NATO's buying group NSPA, New Zealand easing its buying rules, Canada eyeing Turkey's buying agency as a model, and a South Korean firm fighting a bidding ban.
President Trump lifted tariffs on some Canadian goods while placing new tariffs on others, days before US midterm elections.
The United States has started enforcing a ban on imports of alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles from Canada, according to the BBC and CBC.
Canada has started charging extra taxes, called tariffs, on $20 billion worth of goods bought from the United States, with some rates as high as 50%.
President Trump has widened a trade dispute with Canada by invoking a U.S.
The US government has been raising import taxes on goods from Canada and India, then offering to lower them in exchange for concessions unrelated to trade.
Canada has published a detailed list of new tariffs on $20 billion of American goods, including steel, dairy, fish, furniture and cosmetics, matching tariffs the United States already placed on Canadian goods.
US President Donald Trump says he will double tariffs, taxes on imported goods, on Canadian-made cars and parts to 50%, and add new tariffs on Canada starting January 2027, after trade talks in Washington collapsed and Canadian negotiators walked out.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is now 'at war' with the United States over trade, after talks between the two countries broke down.
The US and Canada had said a trade deal was nearly done, but talks broke down at the last minute.
Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc says the country is close to a new trade agreement with the United States.
The US and Canada have been in stalled trade talks, with Washington threatening to raise tariffs (taxes on imported goods) on Canadian products to 50%.