Anand set to have meeting with Rubio in Washington amid bilateral tensions
Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc cycled through Washington in July looking for a tariff offramp but instead U.S. President Donald Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent.
Those tariffs do not apply to goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.
Canada is also being hammered by tariffs on steel, aluminum, copper and automobiles.
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Anand's meeting with her American counterpart also comes a day after the State Department slapped sanctions on a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 21, 2025.
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