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Over 5.2 million aboveground pools sold in the US and Canada are being recalled due to a drowning risk posed by compression straps that can create footholds for children, with nine deaths reported in the US. Consumers are advised to contact manufacturers for free repair kits or drain pools until repaired.
President Trump threatened a 35% tariff on Canadian goods and suggested increasing tariffs on other trading partners, escalating ongoing trade tensions with Canada amid negotiations and reciprocal tariffs, with potential impacts on both economies.
The US and Canada are expected to announce a deal to apply the terms of an existing "safe third country agreement" to asylum-seekers who cross between ports of entry. The agreement means people have to apply for asylum in the first safe countries they arrive at, with exceptions. Illegal crossings into the US from Canada have climbed to historically high levels, with about 2,000 migrants apprehended crossing the border illegally in the Swanton Sector of the US border from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28, compared to just 200 in the same period the previous year.