A bridge at the center of trade tensions
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: President Trump says he'll prevent a multibillion-dollar bridge linking Canada and the United States from opening unless Canada compensates the U.S. In a lengthy social media post complaining about Canadian trade practices, Trump suggested the U.S. should own half of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Ontario and Michigan. We'll hear the latest. Plus, how have farmers been dealing with disruption to export markets resulting from Trump's tariffs?
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| 0:14.5 | President Trump threatens to stop a new bridge between the U.S. and Canada from opening. |
| 0:19.4 | Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning |
| 0:21.7 | Report from the BBC World Service. I'm Guy Kilty. Good morning. President Trump says he'll |
| 0:28.1 | prevent a multi-billion dollar bridge linking Canada and the United States from opening unless Canada |
| 0:33.9 | compensates the US. In a lengthy social media post complaining about Canadian |
| 0:38.7 | trade practices, Mr. Trump suggested the US should own half of the Gordy Howe International Bridge, |
| 0:44.8 | which connects the Canadian state of Ontario and the US state of Michigan. Here's the BBC's Gabrielle Sungalata. |
| 0:51.8 | The bridge, which will connect Ontario and Michigan, has been entirely funded by the Canadian |
| 0:56.4 | government. But Mr. Trump said he wouldn't allow it to open until, in his words, the US |
| 1:01.7 | had been fully compensated for everything Washington had given to Canada. It isn't clear what |
| 1:06.7 | that means. The president criticized a range of Canadian trading practices as well as Prime Minister |
| 1:12.0 | Mark Carney's recent trip to Beijing. Mr. Trump again warned him against finalizing a trade deal with |
| 1:17.8 | China. Gabrielle Sengalata. Drew Dilkins, the mayor of Windsor in Ontario, gave his reaction to our |
| 1:24.6 | partners at CBC. I really can't believe what I'm reading, but it's |
| 1:28.3 | par for the course. And let's go back. The Gordi Howe Bridge, this has been a bridge and a |
| 1:32.8 | conversation that really, it goes back 25 years. There have been successive U.S. presidents. |
| 1:38.4 | There have been successive prime ministers that have been involved in the negotiations to get |
| 1:42.2 | this bridge constructed. There have been presidential |
| 1:44.2 | permits issued. And let's not forget, Canada paid for the construction of the bridge. The U.S. |
| 1:50.3 | didn't want to pay. Canada said, we think it's important. We're going to pay for it. We're going to |
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