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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

For decades the Columbia River has benefited both the U.S. and Canada with little worry. Then Trump took office

A river that runs between the U.S. and Canada has now run itself right into the middle of the fight between the two allies.

President Donald Trump’s administration has now stopped negotiations to re-up a decades-old U.S.-Canada treaty that controls the flow of the Columbia River between British Columbia after claiming it could play a role in solving California water shortages.

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