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6 October
11:01 pm

Part of the trade deal broke down because Donald Trump didn't want French language being used with Canada.

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

11:01 pm
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Why we checked itThis is a specific causal claim that Trump's objection to the French language was a reason for trade negotiations breaking down — a verifiable assertion about the basis of U.S.-Canada trade disputes.
What we foundThe claim that French language demands contributed to the trade deal breakdown is asserted by Canadian PM Carney and corroborated indirectly by a Canadian minister's statement, but is directly denied by Trump and the U.S. Trade Representative.
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