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What to know about Trump’s trade deal with Canada collapses

A trade agreement between the United States and Canada has collapsed, resulting in the implementation of 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods. The affected products include a variety of items such as alcohol and hockey skates.

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What happened

Trump’s trade deal with Canada collapses The deal’s demise means 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods now go into effect, hitting products ranging from alcohol to hockey skates.

Why it matters

and Canada fell apart just before midnight on Friday, marking a significant setback in the ongoing trade …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Peter Byrne, the [singer and songwriter]... [died at 74].

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A trade agreement between the United States and Canada has collapsed, resulting in the implementation of 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods. The affected products include a variety of items such as alcohol and hockey skates.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Peter Byrne, the [singer and songwriter]... [died at 74]”
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The claim is directly confirmed by a Wikipedia entry for Pete Byrne, which lists his death date as September 14, 2026, at age 74, and is further corroborated by AOL, Google News, and Noise11.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. Byrne was award…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Byrne
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pat Byrne is an Irish singer songwriter from Borris, County Carlow. In 2012, Byrne was crowned the winner of the first series of The Voice of Ireland, which led to the release of his debut album, "All…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Byrne_(singer)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter James Byrne (9 June 1952 – 14 September 2026) was an English singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist of the new wave and synth-pop band Naked Eyes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Byrne
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Claim 2: “Last Surviving Member of ’80s New Wave Band Dies at 74”
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Both Google News and Parade report that the last surviving member of the 80s New Wave band Naked Eyes (Peter Byrne) has died at age 74.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Wave may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New wave is a music genre encompassing pop-oriented styles that emerged in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid-to late 1970s. The term was initially synonymous with punk rock but soon bran…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The new wave of new wave (often abbreviated as NWONW) was a British alternative rock scene in the early 1990s. Bands in the scene were influenced by punk rock and new wave acts such as the Clash, Blon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_of_new_wave
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Claim 3: “Trump’s trade deal with Canada collapses”
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Multiple independent sources, including CBC News and a TikTok report citing collapsed negotiations, confirm that trade talks between the U.S. (under Trump) and Canada have failed/collapsed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ivana Marie Trump (née Zelníčková; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trumpism is the political ideology behind Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Agai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism
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Claim 4: “A trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada fell apart just before midnight on Friday”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of dictionary definitions of the letter 'U' and a link to YouTube, providing no factual information regarding the timing of a trade agreement collapse.
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web search NEUTRAL — U, or u, is the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet. U may also refer to: The prefix U+ (then a number) is used to indicate a codepoint as being in the Unicode character encoding system (to di…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_(disambiguation)
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Claim 5: “50 percent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods now go into effect”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the imposition of 50% tariffs on approximately $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. This is reported by the US Trade Representative's office (via web search) and Dailymotion news video.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2025, a trade war started by the United States against Canada began when the U.S. president Donald Trump signed orders imposing near-universal tariffs on goods from Canada entering the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Canada–United_States…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of steep tariffs affecting nearly all goods imported into the country. From January to April 2025, the overall a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_ad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2025, United States president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods, including a 25% tariff on most imports and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products. Canada resp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2025–2026_Unit…
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