Canada is the third ally of the United States in recent days to announce its intention to recognize Palestine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a similar move on Tuesday and French

President Trump said Canada’s announcement it will recognize a Palestinian state “will make it very hard” for the U.S. to reach a trade agreement.

Just days ahead of joint trade talks with the important U.S. trading partner, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would join Western allies France and the United Kingdom in pledging to recognize Palestine as a sovereign territory,