Canada can avoid tariffs if it becomes a state of the US, president tells business leaders at the World Economic Forum.
Speaking virtually to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump also said he will press NATO members to increase their defence spending target to five per cent of GDP.
I was among 700 people in the hall to hear Donald Trump address the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wondered whether his blunt style landed.
President Trump's 'America First' message takes shape, as the rest of the world begins to digest what it might mean for them and global trade.
Donald Trump for the first time used an international venue on Thursday for his eye-popping suggestion that the U.S. gain an additional state: Canada. In his first global event since becoming U.S. president earlier this week, Trump spoke by video link to the Davos economic forum in Switzerland.
Trump's virtual appearance at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos was full of promises and threats.