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“If it weren’t for me, Hong Kong would have been obliterated in 14 minutes,” Trump said.

"We believe that mediation, collective bargaining, is the right way to do this, we've looked at the situation and we feel that the two sides need to be talking to each other," Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters on Friday.

In her first major speech, three weeks into the job, the new ECB chief said her institution will continue to support the euro-zone economy. But she also said fiscal policy is a key element for overcoming the challenges of changing global trade and declining domestic growth. Minutes after she finished, fresh data showed the current slowdown worsening.

Poloz, speaking during an onstage interview in Toronto, said the economy is doing well overall, driven by housing and services, while inflation is on target.

“Part of the regional divide is because of the changing economic opportunities,” Dodge, now senior advisor at Bennett Jones, told BNN Bloomberg in an interview Thursday.