Trump Delays New Tariffs on Canada for Three Days
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US President Donald Trump will wait before he adds new tariffs on Canada. A tariff is extra money you pay on goods from another country.
Trump said he will stop the new tariffs for three days. The tariffs are on many different Canadian goods. Goods are things that people make and sell.
Trump said the two countries are close to a trade deal. A trade deal is an agreement about buying and selling between countries.
He said Canada and the US are working together. They want to finish the deal soon.
Many people want to know what will happen after the three days. It is not clear yet what the new deal will say.
Vocabulary15 words
- tariff
- extra money paid on goods from another country
- goods
- things that people make and sell
- trade deal
- an agreement about buying and selling between countries
- delay
- to make something happen later
- president
- the leader of a country
- agreement
- when two sides decide something together
- pause
- to stop something for a short time
- import
- goods brought into a country from another country
- negotiate
- to talk to make a deal
- economy
- how money and business work in a country
- trade
- buying and selling between countries
- policy
- a plan of action by a government
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- deal
- an agreement between people or countries
- close
- near to happening
Quiz
Answer key
1. Delay new tariffs on Canada 2. Three days 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
US President Donald Trump will wait before he adds new _____ on Canada. A tariff is extra money you pay on goods from another country.
Trump said he will stop the new tariffs for _____ days. The tariffs are on many different Canadian _____.
Trump said the two countries are close to a trade _____.
He said Canada and the US are working _____.
Many people want to know what will happen after the _____ days.
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