OTTAWA — The president of the Philippines was threatening to declare war on Canada this week if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t take care of a big pile of garbage. For years, the Philippines complained, and in 2016, a court ordered that Canada should pay to have the garbage shipped back. Canadian garbage is a hot enough issue in the Philippines that Duterte made its removal one of his campaign promises the same year. But what about some kind of trade war? The Philippines has a surplus in the goods trade — it exports $1.3 billion of merchandise to Canada, more than double the $626 million Canada sends.

Source: National Post April 25, 2019 01:07 UTC