US senators write to Canada’s Trudeau asking him to meet 2% GDP defense spending commitment
A bipartisan group of 23 senators have written to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging his country to live up to its commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense amid concerns that key members of the NATO alliance are not pulling their weight.
US senators urge Canada to increase defense spending to NATO guideline
U.S. Democratic and Republican senators signed a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday urging his government to increase its defense spending to the 2% of gross domestic product agreed to by NATO allies in 2023.
Trudeau gets an earful on defence spending from nearly one-quarter of the U.S. Senate
Nearly one-quarter of the members of the United States Senate have sent an unusually critical letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressing dismay over Canada's level of defence spending.
US Senators Tell Trudeau to Meet NATO Defense Spending Pledge
A bipartisan group of US senators urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to produce a plan to meet a NATO commitment to increase defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product.
U.S. senators write to Trudeau, urging Canada to meet NATO spending target
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to meet the NATO spending target Canada agreed to a decade ago.
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