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Trump seeks potash deal with Belarus amid tensions with Canada

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President Donald Trump said the United States is working on a major deal to buy potash fertilizer from Belarus at a lower cost than Canadian supplies. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said the country does not have enough available fertilizer to supply Western markets. The proposed deal would expand US trade with Russia-aligned Belarus as tensions with Canada continue.

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  1. 21 Sept, 16:14Trump promotes 'massive' Belarus potash deal to undercut Canada · Euronews
  2. 21 Sept, 19:44Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer · The Hill
  3. 21 Sept, 20:15Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions · The Washington Post
  4. 22 Sept, 04:00Trump seeks ‘massive’ Belarus fertiliser deal amid Canada trade war · The Guardian
  5. 22 Sept, 13:15Lukashenko says Belarus doesn’t have enough potash for Trump · POLITICO Europe
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  1. 22 September
  2. Latest22 Sept, 13:15

    Lukashenko says Belarus doesn’t have enough potash for Trump

    "Even if we wanted to supply [potash] to other, Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes," said the Belarusian president.

    POLITICO EuropePOLITICO Europe•Veronika Melkozerova
  3. Follow-up22 Sept, 04:00

    Trump seeks ‘massive’ Belarus fertiliser deal amid Canada trade war

    Trump’s announcement on Russia ally comes as he steps up his trade war with Canada, a long-term US ally and top supplier of potash President Donald Trump has said he is working on a “massive” deal to buy fertiliser from Belarus, pivoting away from main supplier Canada amid an escalating trade dispute, and moving instead toward an ally of Russia. “The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus,” Trump said on his Truth Social network. “The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada, very good news for our farmers and ranchers.” Continue reading...

    critical toward Donald Trump
    The GuardianThe Guardian•Agence France-Presse
  4. 21 September
  5. The Washington Post
    Follow-up21 Sept, 20:15

    Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions

    The proposed potash purchases would expand trade with a country that helped Moscow launch its invasion of Ukraine.

    The Washington PostThe Washington Post•Michael Birnbaum
  6. Follow-up21 Sept, 19:44

    Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer

    Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working on a “massive Deal” to buy potash from Minsk at a steep discount amid the trade war with Canada.  “Even if we wanted to supply…

    The HillThe Hill•Laura Kelly
  7. First seen21 Sept, 16:14

    Trump promotes 'massive' Belarus potash deal to undercut Canada

    The US president says fertilizer from Lukashenko's Russia-allied regime will cost far less than Canadian supplies, the latest sign of Washington's warming relationship with Minsk.

    EuronewsEuronews