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Toronto Raptors followers boo US nationwide anthem after Donald Trump imposes tariffs

By Editorial Board Published February 3, 2025 5 Min Read
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Toronto Raptors followers boo US nationwide anthem after Donald Trump imposes tariffs

Canadian basketball followers booed the US nationwide anthem at an NBA match after Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports from the North American nation.

Toronto Raptors supporters had initially cheered the 15-year-old lady singing the Star Spangled Banner earlier than the house match towards the Los Angeles Clippers on the Scotiabank Area.

Nevertheless, shortly after they started expressing their displeasure for the track.

As soon as the efficiency was over the group in Toronto erupted into applause for the Canadian anthem “O Canada”.

They have been persevering with a development final night time after comparable reactions broke out when the US nationwide anthem was performed at Nationwide Hockey League (NHL) video games on Saturday.

It comes after the US president sparked a commerce warfare by imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China – America’s three largest buying and selling companions.

Mr Trump has slapped taxes of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China.

Vitality imported from Canada, together with oil, pure fuel and electrical energy, will probably be taxed at a ten% charge.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum each introduced the counter-tariffs on Saturday night time.

Mr Trudeau mentioned Canada would impose 25% tariffs on 155bn Canadian {dollars} (£85.7bn) of US items, whereas Ms Sheinbaum mentioned she had ordered her financial minister to implement tariff and non-tariff measures to defend Mexico’s pursuits.

“No, no, no,” he mentioned. “But have you ever seen us getting taxed like that?”

Joseph Chua, a Toronto resident who was on the Raptors sport, mentioned he’ll be feeling the tariffs “pretty directly” in his work as an importer.

Nonetheless, he mentioned he doesn’t assume booing is “the right thing to do in this situation”.

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Trump threatens UK and EU

The price of imported items affected by the tariffs might go up within the US because of the tariffs, however Mr Trump has posted on social media any “pain” will probably be “worth the price that must be paid”.

In the meantime, shares on Asian markets tumbled in early commerce on Monday after the US tariffs sparked fears of a worldwide commerce warfare.

Talking from Maryland after he introduced the levies on items from Mexico, Canada and China, Mr Trump threatened the UK and EU with tariffs.

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From 23 January: Trump warns EU over being ‘unfair’

He mentioned: “They don’t take our cars, they don’t take our farm products, they take almost nothing and we take everything from them, millions of cars, food and farm products, so the UK is way out of line.

“We’ll about see the UK, however the European Union is actually method out of line. The UK is out of line, however I believe that one will be labored out, however the European Union is an atrocity what they’ve performed.”

A UK government spokesperson said afterwards: “The US is an indispensable ally and one among our closest buying and selling companions, and we now have a good and balanced buying and selling relationship which advantages each side of the Atlantic.

“We look forward to working closely with President Trump to continue to build on UK-US trading relations for our economy, businesses and the British people.”

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