WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday.

The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had failed to “do more to arrest, seize, detain or otherwise intercept ... traffickers, criminals at large, and illicit drugs.”

Trump has heckled Canada for months and suggested it should become its 51st U.S. state . He had threatened to impose the higher tariff on Canada if no deal was reached by Friday, his deadline for reaching trade agreements with dozens of countries.

Earlier Thursday, the president said Canada’s announcement it will recognize a Palestinian state would "make it very hard” for the United States to reach a trade agreement with its northern neighbor. Trump has also exp

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