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Canadians load up on US stocks despite Donald Trump’s trade war — 5:58 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs, threats of annexation and assorted insults have infuriated Canadians, leading them to sell off American real estate and boycott products. The nation’s investors seemingly never got the memo.

Canadian investors have injected C$124 billion ($89.7 billion) into US stocks in 2025, even as Trump’s trade war disrupted the two countries’ longstanding, largely tariff-free relationship, according to data compiled by Warren Lovely at National Bank of Canada Financial Markets. That’s on track for the largest yearly inflow since at least the 1990s.

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India hires DC lobbying firm with Trump ties as tariffs loom — 5:48 a.m.

By Bloomberg

India’s embassy in Washington has hired a lobbying firm with close ties to the Trump administration and a history of advocating for foreign entities targeted by the US, just before 50% tariffs take effect on exports from the South Asian country.

The embassy is paying $75,000 per month to Mercury Public Affairs LLC to provide government relations, media relations and other services, according to an Aug. 18 filing detailing the agreement.

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Trump threatens to investigate Chris Christie over ‘Bridgegate’ — 5:00 a.m.

By New York Times

Trump made the threat on social media after Christie said during an appearance on ABC News that the president “doesn’t care” about maintaining a separation between his office and criminal investigations.

Christie, a Republican who was a federal prosecutor before he was elected governor, had been discussing Trump’s connection to recent FBI searches of the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, a national security adviser in the president’s first term.

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